Wage comparability process stalls as employers and HEU fail to agree on next steps
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HEU continues efforts for Facilities members when it comes to work underway to ensure wages in this sector are comparable to those of workers in the rest of B.C.’s public service. To recap, in the last round of bargaining, HEU negotiated a wage …
Last updated: May 9, 2024
Facilities Bargaining Association members to receive a three per cent general wage increase
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All Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) members will receive a three per cent general wage increase as of April 1, 2024. Since the expiry of the previous collective agreement, FBA members’ wages over the three years of the renewed agreement have risen …
Last updated: May 9, 2024
Updated Facilities human rights harassment process
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In the 2022-2025 Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) contract, many health and safety improvements were secured for more than 41,000 members in the sector. One of the updated provisions is a confidential human rights harassment process for members …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
New agreement brings wage increases to most Facilities members
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On Friday, an important agreement was reached with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) for additional wage increases for the majority of workers covered by the Facilities Collective Agreement. This is the first step in reversing the impact of …
Last updated: Dec 11, 2023
Wage comparability review stalled by employers
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In late January FBA representatives, health employers and government formed a working group to begin a wage comparability review, as negotiated in the 2022-2025 Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) collective agreement. Specifically, the working group …
Last updated: Jul 20, 2023
Advancing your gains
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Your bargaining committee spent seven months in negotiations to secure the groundbreaking compensation, benefits and other workplace improvements in the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement. But this was just the first step in the union’s ongoing …
Last updated: May 4, 2023
Moving your career forward
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As part of ongoing work to address recruitment and retention challenges in health care, your bargaining committee renewed or negotiated new provisions in the 2022-2025 Facilities Subsector collective agreement to better support existing workers, create …
Last updated: Apr 28, 2023
Improving work-life balance
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Your bargaining committee secured new measures in the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement as part of improving work-life balance. From giving members input into their schedules and reducing the number of six-day rotations, to enhanced portability …
Last updated: Apr 12, 2023
FBA general wages to rise by 6.75 per cent on April 1
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[Updated March 31, 2023] Based on the change in the annualized average of B.C.’s cost-of-living between March 2022 and February 2023, the full inflationary adjustment negotiated in the renewed Facilities Bargaining Association’s (FBA) contract will be …
Last updated: Apr 12, 2023
Tackling the workload crisis
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Securing measures to reduce and respond to crushing workloads, as well as advance solutions to ease pressures on health care workers was a priority for your bargaining committee when negotiating the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement. Here’s the …
Last updated: Apr 3, 2023