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user The Report: April / May 2006 vol.27 num.2 by LAURA BUSHEIKIN oreen Schiele knows she has the right job. -This is actually what I wanted to do all along," she explained. -I feel like Im fulfilling my purpose in life." By -all along," Schiele means since the very beginning: early in her childhood it was clear that she was...

The Report: April / May 2006 vol.27 num.2 by LAURA BUSHEIKIN lthough Ernie Hilland says he has learned an immense amount during 25 years of involvement with HSA, back before he joined he already had one thing figured out: he knew how to speak up for his rights. In fact, it was this ability that opened the way for him...

The Report: April / May 2006 vol.27 num.2 by RITU MAHIL I am in a Grade I position under the Health Science Professionals Collective Agreement, and have been off work for the last nine months due to a disability. I am now ready to return to work, but will require some accommodation due to the ongoing nature of my disability...

The Report: April / May 2006 vol.27 num.2 by CINDY STEWART his year at our annual convention we will be marking HSAs 35th year as a union. In 1971, a handful of health professionals formed an association and gained bargaining rights for health science professionals in hospitals. Now, 35 years later, 14,000 HSA members are concluding a complex set of...

Tentative agreements were reached today at both the Nurses and Community Social Services tables. More details will be provided in the coming days.

The Union Bargaining Association (UBA) is calling on BC finance minister Carole Taylor to take immediate steps to address the "negotiating ineptitude" of the employers, and to assure community social services workers that any final agreement they are offered is comparable to what other public sector workers have received to date. Download full PDF version here

We are working day and night to conclude a fair and equitable tentative agreement by Friday, March 31.

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

B.C.s 13,000 workers covered by Community Health collective agreement have a tentative agreement for a new contract that includes pay increases, stronger employment security and contracting out protections, and measures to improve health and safety. -This is a good, solid settlement that meets the priorities set by community health workers," says George Heyman, president of the B.C. Government and Service...

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...