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The Community Social Services bargaining committee has been hard at work at the negotiations table with the employers’ association ensuring that CSS members’ priorities are heard. Negotiations will now take a break until the next round of talks on the …

Negotiations for a new facilities subsector collective agreement continued this week, with the multi-union bargaining committee pressing for effective pandemic response tools, and stronger collective agreement language for orientation and training of new …

Update from Community Social Services bargaining The Community Social Services (CSS) bargaining committee has begun to discuss monetary priorities with the employers’ association. The tabled monetary package was thoughtful and reflective of the priorities …

Community social services bargaining is resuming today, May 16, after a scheduled break. The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is negotiating agreements for workers in Community Living Services, General Services, and Indigenous …

After three months of negotiations during which the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) tabled more than 100 bargaining demands, the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) has finally provided initial responses to the majority of the …

Brandon Houston grew up in a union household and credits his mother, an HEU care aide and activist, with providing a strong moral compass. “Being a social justice union was kind of put into the vernacular pretty early on in our family – how we feel …

Although many people think of health care being delivered in hospitals and care homes, almost 40,000 health care workers in B.C. work in community settings.  They work in group homes and day centres, addiction services and transition houses, and other …

HEU members looking to change their career path are among thousands of care aides graduating through the province’s new Health Career Access Program (HCAP). Hope Wason was a hospital housekeeper for two years, before enrolling in the program last year. …

Bargaining is underway for a renewed collective agreement for HEU members in the facilities subsector – more than two-thirds of the union’s membership. Staffing levels, health and safety, and wages are always priority issues, but they’ve been made even …