News & Updates
Lab redesign at Provincial Health Services Authority
February 4, 2015
Provincial Health Services Authority has served section 54 notice informing the Health Sciences Professional Bargaining Association that it intends to introduce a change to Lower Mainland pathology and laboratory services. This change will affect the terms, conditions or security of employment of a significant number of health science professional bargaining unit employees.
Nominations open for HSA board members in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9
January 30, 2015
This year, Regional Director elections will take place in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. All HSA members in these regions are encouraged to put their name forward for these important positions.
The Board of Directors meets quarterly, and directors take an active leadership role in representing the union. They receive wage replacement at their regular rate of pay for the time they spend in official meetings. Part-time and casual members are reimbursed as if they were at work during the meetings they attend.
Nominations open for HSA president
January 30, 2015
HSA’s 2015 Annual Convention will include an election for the position of president, a full-time position that carries a two-year term.
All members in good standing are eligible to run for president when nominated in writing by six members.
Nominations for president are open until the final call for nominations takes place on the last day of convention Saturday, May 2, 2015.
Candidates for president may submit a statement of up to 400 words and a photograph for inclusion in the union’s Annual Report, circulated electronically to members prior to the convention.
HSA strategic plan update
January 28, 2015
HSA has embarked upon a process to update and renew our strategic plan. This process will span several months, culminating with presentation of the new, Board of Directors-approved plan to the Membership at our Annual Convention in May 2015.
HSA Political Action Fund support available for political action training
January 20, 2015
Members may apply for Political Action Fund support to attend political action training which is:
Job Classification and Job Evaluation Committee Update
January 16, 2015
CSSEA and the CSSBA held a planning meeting of the Joint Job Evaluation Committee in early December. Purpose Over the next 16 months, the committee will be collecting, reviewing and updating information relative to the Joint Job Evaluation Plan in preparation for the first scheduled distribution of the negotiated Comparability and Anomaly wage increases scheduled for April 1, 2016. What is the Joint Job Evaluation Plan (JJEP)?
HSA International Women’s Day Workshop – "Up For Debate"
January 13, 2015
Celebrating International Women’s Day – Up For DebateThursday March 5 and Friday March 6, 2015HSA Head office – NEW WESTMINSTER
HSA invites women in our union to join us for two days of sharing to celebrate International Women’s Day. HSA is providing the opportunity for members to participate in a workshop that combines attending in-house HSA training and an IWD dinner.
Women and Labour: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
January 6, 2015
Edith MacHattie, HSA member and Co-Chair of the BC Health Care Coalition participates on a panel on women's activism in unions being presented by the Burnaby Teachers' Association Ad Hoc Labour Outreach Committee Saturday, January 24 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Convention 2015: deadline for resolutions is February 13
December 15, 2014
HSA members will soon be preparing for the 2015 HSA Convention, to be held May 1 and 2, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver.
Convention is the union's annual meeting where chapter representatives from around the province determine the union's future direction. Policies, actions, constitutional amendments, and structural changes are all discussed and debated at convention.
HSA president calls for summit on violence in health care
December 11, 2014
The following letter from HSA President Val Avery was sent to members December 11, 2014
Dear member,
Assaults on health care workers in Penticton and Kamloops have dominated the news this week. Incidents like these have become all too common in health care settings.
It is time for action.