News & Updates

Vancouver Coastal Health has invited Health Science Professional staff to attend VCHs staff forums regarding an employer-initiated process to review the current practice leadership structure. The meetings will be held at a variety of locations August 8-12. Vancouver Coastal Health has contacted members directly to announce their plan to address inconsistencies in how VCH health science professionals are supported and...

Health Sciences Association is conducting a random survey of members who work on call or experience call-back. The on line survey, which is being conducted by Viewpoints Research, will sample the views of several hundred HSA members around the province over the next three weeks. The survey is the result of concerns, raised by the membership, that being required to...

The Municipal Pension Plan has scheduled seminars for HSA members as follows: • Tuesday, September 20: Victoria • Thursday, September 22: Chilliwack • Thursday, September 22: Prince George • Tuesday, September 27: Burnaby • Thursday, September 29: Vancouver • Thursday, September 29: Kelowna • Monday, October 3: Nelson • Wednesday, October 5: Nanaimo • Thursday, October 20: Richmond • Thursday...

HSA reported on July 8, 2011 that the union and the employer had decided to ask arbitrator Vince Ready to assist the parties in resolving outstanding issues in the employers plans for the Lower Mainland consolidation of Health Information Management services, and to finalize a labour adjustment agreement. The two outstanding issues the parties were not able to resolve through...

Majority of essential service levels now established, remainder by August 5 After numerous delays, community social service workers in BC can expect job action to commence in August. The long process of determining what services will be maintained as essential during a strike is finally drawing to a close. Essential services levels have now been set at ninety-seven per cent...

The union and health employers have reached a labour adjustment plan to minimize the impact of the employers consolidation plan for pharmacy services in the Lower Mainland. The Health Science Professional Bargaining Associations pharmacy consolidation committee has been meeting with pharmacists across the Lower Mainland to hear concerns and ideas. The union ensured this input was a crucial part of...

Join us on the MultiUnion Pride Float: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11:45 Vancouver Pride is in the final year of a three-year theme. This year you - our Union Activists - will celebrate all you have accomplished and all you have liberated! For full details and a printer-friendly poster, click here .

HSA members throughout the province who are running for office or working in municipal or provincial election campaigns this fall may apply to HSA for financial support from HSAs Political Action Fund. Municipal, Board of Education and Regional District elections 1. Members who are candidates in a civic election may apply for up to 5 days of wage replacement and/or...

In keeping with a resolution passed by delegates at HSAs 2010 convention, HSA is encouraging members to vote -Yes" to extinguish the Harmonized Sales Tax in the current BC-wide referendum. If you havent received your HST Referendum Voting Package yet, then you should contact Elections BC at 1-800-661-8683 (toll-free) to request a package. The deadline to request a voting package...

A by-election in Region 8 has resulted in members electing Allen Peters as their representative on the HSA Board of Directors. Allen is a medical imaging technologist at Nicola Valley General Hospital in Merritt. Allen is currently the chief steward at his worksite, and the HSA representative on the Interior Health Authority Violence and Aggression Committee. He previously served as...