Over 25,000 members of the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association have voted 90% in favour of a new collective agreement effective April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029. The contract delivers a 12% wage increase over the four-year term, and the increase is retroactive to April 1, 2025. The contract also delivers significant progress on classifications and improvements to premiums...

Following our last bargaining update, your committee met with the Community Social Service Employers’ Association (CSSEA) for six more days of negotiations in February. By Feb. 18, we had agreed to and signed off on eight more non-monetary proposals. Despite this progress, we are still going toe-to-toe with demands for concessions in high-stakes areas. Of note, important monetary items remain...

Over the past year, your bargaining committee fought hard to ensure that your interests were well represented at the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) table. Members provided the union clear direction that wages, parity with the Facilities Bargaining Association, and improvements in a number of key areas such as portability, premiums, coverage of required fees, and more were paramount to this...

After a year of difficult negotiations, we are pleased to say that your bargaining committee’s hard work has resulted in a tentative agreement for HSPBA members. Going into this round of negotiations, the objective was to build on the wins of the last negotiations despite the provincial government’s significant and growing fiscal constraints. Specifically, members directed the union to seek...

Following months of negotiations, the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) reached a tentative agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), covering more than 26,000 community health workers across the province. “Our CBA members deliver incredibly vital services in communities across BC, and this agreement is a meaningful step toward the recognition they deserve,” HSA President Sarah Kooner says. “The...