After a pause in negotiations, the CBA bargaining committee will return to the table with the employer for three days next week starting September 22. Two more days are scheduled for the week of September 29, with further talks planned for the weeks of October 13 and 20. Since March, your representative on the bargaining committee — alongside delegates from...

It’s been a while since we’ve talked, but we want you to know that your bargaining committee is back at the negotiations table with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) and continuing to make progress on non-monetary proposals. Our goal remains the same: to raise pressing workplace concerns with the employers and win real solutions to problems that have...

HSA is pleased to offer members the opportunity to attend these three workshops: Indigenous Cultural Safety and Decolonizing Your Professional Practice Communication and Conflict Resolution Supervisors in the Union Click the link to read the full workshop description. Indigenous Cultural Safety and Decolonizing Your Professional Practice (two workshops in one day) DATES: November 4, 2025 TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30...

Let’s be honest: pensions aren’t the most exciting topic. But if you’re a member of HSA, your pension might be one of the most valuable benefits you’ll ever earn. Most HSA members are part of the Municipal Pension Plan (MPP), which is a defined benefit (DB) plan. If you’ve heard that term and not sure what it means, you’re not...

Members of the BC General Employees’ Union and the Professional Employees Association are striking to achieve reasonable pay increases for public service workers including wildland firefighters, correctional officers and sheriffs, conservation officers, court workers, engineers, foresters, and geoscientists. HSA stands in solidarity with these actions, and members are encouraged to show their support. Join the Picket Lines Your striking colleagues...

Rosey Manhas laughs when asked if she always knew she’d run for office. “Politics is not — and you can ask anyone that knows me — really my thing,” she said with a smile. “If someone told me ten years ago I would be in politics I wouldn’t have believed it.” And yet, despite her initial hesitation, Rosey now finds...