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
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
Bargaining bulletin
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
Community health workers set for wage increase on April 1
Bargaining bulletin
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
Bargaining bulletin
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
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