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
Community health workers set for wage increase on April 1
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More than 21,000 workers in the eight-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) – including about 2,300 HEU members – will receive a 6.75 per cent wage increase beginning April 1. New recently released inflation figures confirm that the maximum wage …
Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
Supporting trans members
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Making sure public health care fosters greater inclusion and diversity within the workforce was a hallmark of the 2022-2025 Facilities collective agreement. As part of that work by your bargaining committee, the renewed contract contains a groundbreaking …
Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
Low wage redress approved for jobs not matched to a benchmark
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Please note, this news applies only to members whose job titles are listed in Appendix A or Appendix B of this Memorandum of Agreement: During the term of the last Community Health collective agreement, that expired March 31, 2022, $40 million in low wage …
Last updated: Mar 8, 2023
Health and safety at your workplace
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With injury rates higher than any other sector in British Columbia and serious staffing shortages throughout health care, making working conditions safer was a key priority for your bargaining committee. That's why the 2022-2025 Facilities collective …
Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
Vancouver City Council’s decision to back out of the Living Wage program disappointing – Hospital Employees’ Union
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B.C.’s largest health union says the decision by Vancouver City Council, led by ABC Vancouver, to abandon its status as a living wage employer is short-sighted and disappointing. HEU helped found B.C.’s living wage campaign in 2007 in response to the …
Last updated: Mar 6, 2023
Privatized hospital cafeteria workers in Fraser Health will return to the public service
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Hospital cafeteria workers in Fraser Health Authority are the latest group of privatized health care support workers confirmed to return to the public sector. By the early summer of 2023, nearly 100 cafeteria and retail workers at Peace Arch, Eagle Ridge, …
Last updated: Mar 4, 2023
Privatized lab transport services to end on Vancouver Island
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On Feb. 15, the Hospital Employees’ Union and the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) signed an agreement to create 38 new full-time equivalent, health authority positions in lab transportation, as part of bringing this service under the direct …
Last updated: Mar 3, 2023
Advancing measures to decolonize health care
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Health care settings should be places of compassion, comfort and care for all. But all too often, Indigenous patients and workers instead encounter racism and discrimination. As part of negotiations of the renewed Facilities Bargaining Association …
Last updated: Sep 17, 2025
Community health workers ratify new provincial collective agreement
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Members of the eight-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new collective agreement with B.C.’s health employers by a vote of more than 94 per cent. The three-year agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and covers more than …
Last updated: Mar 1, 2023