2026 Member Experience Survey Manual
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To help build a brighter future for members and make the union stronger, please tell us about your experience as an HEU member. Take a few minutes right now to complete the survey …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2026
Community health sector gets provincial funding boost
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Yesterday, the BC NDP government announced new initiatives aimed at tackling recruitment and retention issues in the health care sector and expanding health services to rural or remote communities. The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) – which …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Facilities Bargaining Association members to receive a three per cent general wage increase
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All Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) members will receive a three per cent general wage increase as of April 1, 2024. Since the expiry of the previous collective agreement, FBA members’ wages over the three years of the renewed agreement have risen …
Last updated: May 9, 2024
HEU proposes key changes to Labour Relations Code
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The Hospital Employees’ Union recently submitted a proposal for numerous amendments to the Labour Relations Code (the Code) to add, modify and improve provisions that address contracting out, successorship rights, gender pay equity, and collective …
Last updated: Apr 9, 2024
Improved sick leave coverage for community social services members
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In the last round of public sector bargaining, the Community Social Services Bargaining Association negotiated changes to the sick leave provisions in the Community Social Services – Community Living Services, General Services, and Indigenous Services – …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Wage increase in April for community social services members
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More than 19,000 health care workers in the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) – including 1,500 HEU members – will get a three per cent wage increase on April 1. This includes both the two per cent general wage increase (GWI) and an …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Wage increase announced for HEU members in community health
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More than 21,000 health care workers in the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) – including 2,300 HEU members – will get a three per cent wage increase on April 1. During the 2022-2025 round of contract talks, the CBA negotiated a general wage increase …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Facilities rural retention incentive program extended to 48 more health areas
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The provincial rural retention incentive (PRRI) program for B.C. Facilities health care workers has been extended to more communities as of March 1. This expansion of the program from 15 to 63 health areas is part of the B.C. government’s ongoing …
Last updated: Mar 14, 2024
Celebrating International Women's Day 2024
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Although women in Canada did not become “persons” under the law until 1929, they have been leaders in advancing women’s rights and freedoms at home and around the globe. Here is an overview of some historic Canadian milestones that transformed the …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
HEU urges province to improve working and caring conditions across all of health care
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BURNABY – Meena Brisard, spokesperson for the Hospital Employees' Union, has released the following statement regarding the Ministry of Health's announcement today about new nurse staffing and rural health care worker retention incentive programs: "The …
Last updated: Mar 1, 2024