News & Updates

Bargaining for a new Provincial Collective Agreement continued this week with negotiators for the Nurses' Bargaining Association and the Health Employers' Association exchanging proposals on a number of issues. Download full PDF version here

With contract ratification meetings being scheduled for next week, the week of March 27, HSA has produced a comprehensive Report to Members on the Proposed Terms of Settlement. The booklet is available for download here. All members are encouraged to review the detailed summary of the proposed collective agreement. Booklets will also be available at the ratification vote meetings being...

Ratification vote meetings are being held throughout the province the week of March 27, 2006. Click here for schedule - updated March 30

Contract talks for community health workers went late into the night Tuesday, but negotiators for the multi-union community health bargaining association ran into a significant hurdle in our efforts to limit the number of jobs employers can contract out over the life of the agreement. As a result, talks adjourned in an effort to give both sides the chance to...

Bargaining has now resumed. Your Union Bargaining Association (UBA) remains hopeful that we can bring negotiations to a satisfactory resolution by the March 31 deadline. Download full version as PDF

Ottawa (17 March 2006) - The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of Canada's most diverse unions. This year, on March 21, the 40th International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we are again urging our 340,000 members across the country to pause and reflect on how tolerance and racial harmony enrich our lives. Link...

HSA members in Region 2 have re-elected Brian Isberg, a laboratory technologist at Victoria General Hospital, as their representative on the union's Board of Directors. Brian defeated Derrick Hoyt, a laboratory technologist at Royal Jubilee Hospital. Brian was first elected as a Regional Director in 1997. Since then, he has served on numerous HSA committees, including Education, Job Action Review...

Negotiators for the multi-union community health bargaining association representing 13,000 workers say they are moving closer to achieving a tentative contract now that there's agreement with employers on important issues like wage-protected employees and superior benefits. In addition, the Health Employers Association of B.C. has dropped some concession demands such as a longer work week and poor bumping language. After...

A number of HSA members have contacted the office with questions about the tentative wage package for health science professionals. In particular, members are inquiring about how they will benefit from the cost-shared LTD plan.Attached is a table outlining both the wage increases and the net benefit of the reduction in LTD premiums.

After almost two months at the bargaining table, your HSA bargaining committee has achieved a tentative agreement for a four-year contract.The HSA Board of Directors and your bargaining committee strongly recommend that you vote YES in favour of the contract, as it goes a long way toward addressing the key bargaining priorities identified by members.