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Talks this week for a new facilities subsector collective agreement covering 58,000 health care workers across the province focused on several key health and safety provisions, union rights, vacation and special leaves.   “We’re making some headway …

The 2021 Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) Member Benefit Statements were recently issued and are available to plan members in the confidential “ My Account ” section of the MPP website .  It’s important to carefully review this statement, especially …

The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) over the last couple of days, in addition to two weeks in May, and are very close to reaching agreement on issues around mobility, overtime, and other …

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 …