Labour Adjustment and Education Fund applications paused
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Applications to the Community Social Services Labour Adjustment and Education Fund (LAEF) are presently closed. The LAEF is jointly administered by the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) and the Community Social Services Employers’ …
Last updated: Oct 21, 2025
Progress on non-monetary items at community social services table
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After 29 days of negotiations, the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) and the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) have reached agreement on several key non-monetary improvements to the collective agreement that …
Last updated: Oct 17, 2025
HEU introduces new Ethics Commissioner
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The Hospital Employees’ Union would like to welcome Jess Hadley as our new Ethics Commissioner. With more than two decades of experience, Hadley is a renowned labour and employment lawyer, mediator and investigator. She specializes in resolving workplace …
Last updated: Oct 15, 2025
FBA bargaining resumed first week of October, non-monetary items focus of talks
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On October 2, collective bargaining negotiations between the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) resumed for two days. Following talks, the FBA bargaining committee spent three days refining and …
Last updated: Oct 9, 2025
Provincial Rural and Retention Incentives Program Receives Second Extension by B.C. Government
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The B.C. Ministry of Health informed the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) that the Provincial Rural and Retention Incentives (PRRI) program has again been extended through to December 31, 2025, in the existing 76 eligible communities. “Over the past …
Last updated: Jan 29, 2026
Community health reaches an impasse with employer
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On October 3, the multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) declared an impasse in contract negotiations with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). The parties have been meeting since March to negotiate a renewed collective agreement …
Last updated: Oct 4, 2025
HEU members take their fight for permanent residency to Ottawa
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HEU members are continuing to push the federal government to reverse its cuts to the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), taking their case to the federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lena Metlege Diab. On September 18, Harjinder Kaur, …
Last updated: Oct 3, 2025
Community health returns to bargaining table with employer
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After a pause in contract talks, the multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) last week to resume negotiating a renewed collective agreement covering 21,000 health care workers, including …
Last updated: Oct 2, 2025
Facilities talks to resume later this week now that public service unions back at table
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With collective bargaining talks restarting between striking public service unions and the government today, the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) announced its intention to resume negotiations with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) on …
Last updated: Sep 29, 2025
FBA delivers message of solidarity to striking public service unions
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Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) lead negotiator Lynn Bueckert joined leaders from the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), the Professional Employees’ Union (PEA) and other public sector unions at a press conference marking Day 24 of the longest …
Last updated: Oct 1, 2025