I like to make people laugh
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“I’ve been a care aide for 16 years. I started in Rochester, NY where I worked as a hospice aide, but moved to Canada in 2011 and became a care aide in B.C. in 2015. I went into health care because I’ve always liked working with people. I’m good at …
Last updated: Mar 6, 2023
If we show up for each other every day we are much stronger together
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“I am a Portfolio Scheduling and Timekeeping Clerk supporting Children's and Women's Campus in Vancouver. I am also the elected Chairperson of the PHSA Amalgamated Local and a full-time Shop Steward. As a union activist I do walkabouts to connect with …
Last updated: Feb 28, 2023
Major investments in front-line health services, but few details on promised reforms to seniors’ care
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The 2023 provincial budget improves access to health care while tackling worker shortages and other factors that are contributing to worker burnout and injuries, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. But the budget tabled Tuesday contain few details on the …
Last updated: Feb 28, 2023
New supports for casual workers
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When negotiating for a renewed Facilities contract, your bargaining team worked to address concerns raised by casual workers. That’s why in addition to the new or improved provisions that apply to all members, there are a set of wage, benefit and rights …
Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
New and improved maternity and parental leave
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As part of negotiating the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement, your bargaining committee worked to secure a robust package of changes that will help with work-life balance. There are several maternity and parental leave changes that enhance …
Last updated: May 4, 2023
Retroactive wages, premiums and allowances for facilities members
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Bargaining for a renewed collective agreement took place against the backdrop of a serious recruitment and retention crisis, and rising cost of living not seen in decades. That’s why securing an agreement that protects member pay cheques against …
Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
Tentative agreement reached for Community Social Services
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The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA). This agreement covers 17,000 workers in the sector, with nine unions, including about 1,500 …
Last updated: Feb 7, 2023
New wage comparability working group
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Today, one of the landmark provisions negotiated in the 2022-2025 Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) collective agreement started moving ahead as a new working group began its work of reversing the BC Liberal’s 2004 rollbacks to Facilities members, …
Last updated: Mar 29, 2023
Last group of privatized housekeepers will return to the public sector
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Housekeepers working in the Teck Building at BC Women and Children’s Hospital (BCCW) are the latest group of privatized health care support workers confirmed to return to the public sector. In August 2021, the province’s health minister, Adrian Dix, …
Last updated: Jan 30, 2023
Funds support training of lab assistants
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The Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), led by the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU), has secured two separate agreements to fund a new training program for 47 Facilities’ members to become qualified medical lab assistants (MLAs). The FBA reached the …
Last updated: Jan 19, 2023