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
The working conditions and quality of work has improved
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“I’m a cook at a hospital and I’ve been here for 15 years. In 2003, our work was privatized and I’m so happy that I’m now back in-house. It makes a big difference because the pay is better. But also, we’re not as afraid to raise issues. Overall, the …
Last updated: May 8, 2023
Start each new day with a fresh start
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“I’ve been a housekeeper for 18 years. I’m now back in-house working for the health authority. There is a big difference in salary, and we’ve hired more people which impacts the workload. I was able to get braces for my 16-year-old daughter. We couldn’t …
Last updated: May 1, 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
HEU calls on City of Vancouver to end decampment actions
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The Hospital Employees’ Union has issued the following statement on the ongoing decampment of unhoused people on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) by the City of Vancouver: “The ongoing decampment of unhoused people on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is …
Last updated: Apr 8, 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
Gains for vacation, special and other leaves
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Your bargaining committee negotiated for a suite of improvements to work leaves in the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement. Landmark changes to vacation, compassionate, special leave, sexual and domestic violence leave and other leaves will expand …
Last updated: Mar 24, 2023
General wage increase update for community social services workers
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More than 19,000 workers in the nine-union Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) – including about 1,500 HEU members – are currently voting on the terms of a new collective agreement that would be in effect from April 1, 2022 to March …
Last updated: Mar 24, 2023
Celebrate pride in your community this summer!
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Happy Pride! Here at HEU, we're celebrating pride this year by recognizing that love, identity, and expression come in all forms. Supporting Pride events in your community is a way of showing solidarity in promoting dignity, respect and human rights …
Last updated: Jun 14, 2023