Facilities negotiations move slowly, but progress continues
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The Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) continues to make steady progress in negotiations with health employers. In recent weeks, your bargaining team has gone back and forth with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) on key issues like …
Last updated: Aug 29, 2025
Supportive housing agencies transferring to community health
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On July 10, the B.C. Minister of Finance formally signed an Order in Council declaring 39 supportive housing agencies as “health employers”. That means those employers will be joining the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), and members will …
Last updated: Jul 29, 2025
Supportive housing agencies transferring to community health
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On July 10, the B.C. Minister of Finance formally signed an Order in Council declaring 39 supportive housing agencies as “health employers”. That means those employers will be joining the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), and members will …
Last updated: Jul 29, 2025
Health and safety remain the focus of talks with health employers in week 14
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For a third straight week, health and safety improvements were again at the centre of talks between Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and health employers’ representatives on July 23 and 24. “This week the FBA presented several health and safety …
Last updated: Sep 25, 2025
FBA makes counter proposals on health and safety to employers during week 13
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For a second week, health and safety was the primary focus of talks between representatives of the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) bargaining committee when negotiations resumed on July 16 and 17. …
Last updated: Jul 30, 2025
Bargaining update for HEU members in the community health subsector
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The multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) has spent 16 days at the negotiating table with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) to renew a collective agreement covering 21,000 workers in the community health subsector, including …
Last updated: Jul 17, 2025
FBA bargaining committee resumes talks, health and safety focus at table
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Better working conditions were the focus of discussions between the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) bargaining committee when the two parties met on July 9 for week 12 of negotiations on a renewed …
Last updated: Jul 17, 2025
Facilities bargaining resumes as talks move into week 11
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Talks resumed on June 25 and 26 for a renewed collective agreement for B.C.’s biggest public sector bargaining association covering more than 58,000 health care workers. “In week 11, both sides delivered responses on several key contract items including …
Last updated: Jun 27, 2025
Health employers’ two-year wage proposal less than projected inflation
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Week 10 of Facilities bargaining kicked off with employers making an opening proposal for a total general wage increase of up to 3.5 per cent over two years. “This week, the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) tabled a two-year agreement that …
Last updated: Sep 4, 2025
CBA negotiations continue and more dates added
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The multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) on June 3 and 4, and again on June 9 and 10 to continue negotiations toward a renewed collective agreement. Progress has been made on some …
Last updated: Jun 16, 2025