News & Updates
Amendments strengthen HSPBA tentative agreement
December 4, 2013
The Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association tentative agreement has been amended to reflect two developments that have flowed out of review and discussion of the agreement.
Five-year tentative agreement reached in community social services
December 3, 2013
The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has reached a tentative agreement for the 11,000 union members working in community-based social services across the province.
The five-year agreement, which would be in place to March 31, 2019, significantly closes the wage gap between workers in this sector and those with equivalent positions in the community health sector.
Five-year tentative agreement reached in community health
December 3, 2013
The Community Health Bargaining Association (CBA) has reached a tentative agreement for the more than 15,000 union members working in the community health sector across the province.
It is a five-year agreement effective April 1, 2014 until March 31, 2019.
"This tentative agreement provides stability for the community health sector for the next five years and takes an important first step in bringing members' wages and benefits in-line with other health care workers doing the same type of work," said HSA President Val Avery.
Important events mark December 6
December 2, 2013
Plaque at l'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal
Join the telephone town hall on HSPBA agreement Thursday
November 29, 2013
HSA will hold a telephone town hall meeting on Thursday, December 5, to update members on the tentative agreement reached earlier this month.
The phone call is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PST and will last an hour. You will have an opportunity to hear from your negotiators and ask and hear questions and answers about the contract.
It's easy. You just have to be at home at 7 p.m., and you will be connected to the call.
John Christopherson elected HSA Region 5 Director
November 28, 2013
John Christopherson has been elected as the Regional Director to represent members from Region 5 on the HSA Board of Directors.
Christopherson is a counsellor at the Vancouver Cancer Centre. He has served as an assistant chief steward, as a Constituency Liaison, and as a Member-at-Large and on many union committees, including most recently the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. He also served on the HSPBA Bargaining Committee in 2010.
The term expires at the end of the 2015 HSA Convention in Vancouver.
End the raid: Revoke your UPN or BCNU membership card today
November 27, 2013
Registered psychiatric nurses represented by HSA have a lot of questions about pressure tactics currently employed by the BC Nurses Union and the Union of Psychiatric Nurses. Both BCNU and UPN have recently pressured members already represented by HSA, and we've been getting questions about whether it's possible to cancel these memberships.
The deadline is now
Information meetings on HSPBA tentative agreement
November 26, 2013
All HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association will shortly receive an information package, ballot, and instructions for how to vote by mail.
In the meantime, HSA is organizing a series of information meetings.
Upcoming information meetings
More meetings are being planned; check this site for updates.
Read the tentative agreement for health science professionals
November 18, 2013
HSA Chief Stewards met in Vancouver today to discuss the tentative agreement reached for health science professionals. Stewards also gathered to discuss the negotiations on September 19.
The complete tentative agreement is now available here:
Derrick Hoyt elected HSA Region 2 Director
November 18, 2013
Derrick Hoyt has been elected as the Regional Director to represent members from Region 2 on the HSA Board of Directors. Hoyt is Pathologist Assistant at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
For 25 years, He has served in many roles as an active union member, including as a Member at Large and Steward.
The byelection was required when Region 2 regional director Val Avery was named HSA President in September. Hoyt will serve on the board until the end of the term, which expires at the end of the 2014 HSA Convention in Vancouver.