Scholarships and bursaries available for HSA members and their children: 10 scholarships for full-time studies in a certificate, diploma or degree program. 20 bursaries for full-time studies in a certificate, diploma or degree program. 4 bursaries for part-time studies in a certificate, diploma or degree program. Two bursaries for Indigenous students: 2 bursaries will be awarded to Indigenous students in...

On October 3, your CBA Bargaining Committee declared that negotiations had reached impasse with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the provincial government. Over the last month, we have met with members locally through chapter visits and virtual information meetings, providing education on job action and outlining the issues that led to your bargaining committee’s decision to declare...

On Wednesday, your bargaining committee has called off discussions for the remainder of the week because insufficient progress is being made on priority issues. The committee has tabled a wage proposal on behalf of HSPBA but the employer has indicated they would not be responding to it this week. Negotiations will resume Monday and the committee is hopeful that more...

Thousands of members share stories from front lines to add urgency in talks We're running a province-wide campaign to support our bargaining goals. More on this below. As your bargaining committee enters the second of five weeks of scheduled negotiation dates, member concerns gathered in the recent survey are being brought directly to the negotiating table. The elected committee members...

Did you get a call from HSA? We're calling members to make sure everyone is aware that bargaining is under way for those in public sector bargaining associations. (Bargaining is the process where wages and benefits are negotiated on behalf of everyone in the HSA bargaining unit, and everyone in the bargaining unit has an opportunity to vote on the...

The Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) bargaining committee opened negotiations with health employers in Victoria October 21-22 with a grim warning: failure to invest in retention and recruitment to meet negotiated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios strategies will put patients’ lives at risk. NBA negotiators, including HSA RPN Nicole McIntosh, elected member representative on the committee, and Colette Barker, HSA staff lead on...

We're sending this bulletin to update RPNs on this spring's new supplemental health benefits for RPNs. This funding was negotiated with the provincial government as part of your union’s ongoing work to provide greater support for RPNs, especially those dealing with the impact of significant shortages and excessive workload. Over the lifetime of the fund, it will provide up to...