HSPBA bargaining update: Initial monetary offer falls short

The employer has responded to your bargaining committee’s proposal for a reasonable pay increase. Their initial offer is disappointing. 
 
Members have identified a pay increase, concrete action on shortages, workload, classification improvements, and cost of living as the most important issues in this round of negotiations. These were the leading concerns in more than 1300 bargaining proposals submitted by members last year, and in the two member surveys taken in May and in October. Your bargaining committee has taken these priorities forward at the negotiating table and backing them up with specific stories and examples of the situation on the front line – real stories about the impact of shortages, workload, and cost of living concerns as provided by thousands of members responding to the October survey. 
 
Given what we are seeing at other negotiating tables, the employer’s offer is simply not respectful of the work done by health science professionals in BC. Eight months into negotiations, it is entirely insufficient. 
 
Your bargaining committee will continue their efforts, but it is increasingly clear that all members will need to stick together and speak with a unified voice to achieve the gains we need.  
 
Thousands of members have been showing their support by attending over 80 job site meetings, online information meetings, and job action education sessions held since the beginning of October. More meetings are in the works, and all members are urged to participate. 

Find out more

• If you’ve got questions about job action, we have added new FAQs to the web site – and are constantly adding more. Check out the Bargaining FAQ and the Job Action FAQ.
• If you have any questions you don’t see there, let us know – email us at @email

If you have questions or comments for your bargaining committee, please send them in to @email.

Upcoming meetings

Members are encouraged to join the following in-person meetings to hear presentations on bargaining and updates on job action.
 
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17  
 
Surrey
Civic Hotel, 13475 Central Ave
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Prince George 
Coast Hotel, 770 Brunswick Street
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Kelowna 
Coast Hotel, 1171 Harvey Street
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Victoria
Uptown Meeting room, 221- 3531 Uptown Boulevard 
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 
 
Coquitlam
Executive Plaza, 405 North Road
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Vancouver
Holiday Inn, 711 Broadway
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
NOVEMBER 19 
 
Burnaby 
Delta Hotel and Conference Centre, 4331 Dominion Street
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
New Westminster 
HSA Office, 180 East Columbia Street
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Richmond
Sheraton Vancouver Airport, 7551 Westminster Highway
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Kamloops  
Coast Hotel Kamloops, 1250 Rogers Way
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
North Vancouver 
Holiday Inn, 700 Old Lillooet Road
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 
 
Abbotsford 
Clarion Hotel, 36035 North Parallel Road
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Langley 
Coast Langley City Hotel and Convention Centre, 20393 Fraser Highway
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Vancouver
Hyatt Regency,655 Burrard Street
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 
 
Nanaimo
Coast Bastion Hotel, 11 Bastion Street
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 
 
Vancouver
Hillcrest Community Centre, 4575 Clancy Loranger Way
Presentations at 8 am, 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Penticton
Penticton Lakeside Resort, 21 Lakeshore Drive
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions
 
Courtenay
The Westerly Hotel, 1590 Cliffe Avenue
Presentations at 12 pm and 4 pm, with staff available for questions between sessions