New and improved maternity and parental leave
Bargaining bulletin
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
Bargaining bulletin
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
New wage comparability working group
Bargaining bulletin
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
Funds support training of lab assistants
Bargaining bulletin
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