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Over the last few months, HEU’s facilities bargaining committee has reached significant agreements with health employers on a range of issues that will help us address the staffing crisis causing huge stress and burnout in our hospitals and care homes.   …

The multi-union facilities bargaining committee will be taking a break from talks after logging six months of bargaining for a new collective agreement. Despite strong momentum at the bargaining table, the FBA unions are pausing negotiations to show their …

The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) will resume negotiations next week with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) with a focus on wages and compensation. HEU secretary-business manager Meena Brisard, spokesperson for the FBA, …

The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU), is urging the federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, to approve the permanent residency application for Claudia Zamorano, a health care worker, and her family members, on humanitarian …

The community social services bargaining committee is preparing to head back to the table to negotiate a fair collective agreement for CSS members.  Bargaining dates are scheduled for the first two weeks of August. The committee anticipates a challenging …

Progress continues to be made on key collective agreement priorities after three days of negotiations this week at the facilities subsector bargaining table. HEU secretary-business manager Meena Brisard, also the spokesperson for the nine-union Facilities …

After more than five months of negotiations, the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) have signed off on several important proposals, as they work to achieve a renewed collective agreement …

The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) recently met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) to continue negotiations on a renewed collective agreement for 21,000 workers in the community health sector. The parties have just reached a …

The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) continued productive discussions this week in their negotiations for a new collective agreement for 58,000 health care workers. “Our bargaining team …

B.C.’s highest court has upheld a 2020 lower court decision rejecting arguments that B.C.’s ban on extra-billing and private health insurance is unconstitutional. The legal challenge to the principles of Medicare launched by private clinic operator Dr. …