Community Social Services Bargaining Association begins bargaining

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Community Social Services Bargaining Update

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) negotiating committee held a bargaining conference last week.

More than 17,000 community social service members from nine different unions across the province brought forward ideas and proposals for bargaining. HEU represents approximately 1,500 workers in the bargaining association, and is the third largest union for social services workers after BCGEU and CUPE.

With input from community social service members, the CSSBA finalized the unions’ priorities and are ready to begin negotiating a new collective agreement.

The bargaining conference was held in a hybrid in-person and virtual format. This same format will be used for formal negotiations, which start on February 2.

We look forward to representing you at the bargaining table and we will keep you updated throughout negotiations.

Please remind your co-workers to ensure their contact information is current, for regular bargaining updates: https://www.heu.org/change-contact-information 

You may also check the HEU website for up-to-date information on bargaining: https://www.heu.org/collective-agreements/community-social-services