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Bruce MacDonald, Region 3 Director and Raj Mallhi, HSA labour relations officer

 

COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICE RATIFY FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT

 AGREEMENT INCLUDES WAGE ADJUSTMENTS AND PAY INCREASES

Community social service workers have voted by 85 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement that includes wage adjustments and increases of up to 11.5 percent over five years. The new collective agreement will be in effect from April 1, 2014 until March 31, 2019. Community Living workers ratified the tentative agreement by 83 per cent. General Services ratified by 91 per cent, and Aboriginal Services ratified by 63 per cent.

 

 COMMUNITY HEALTH MEMBERS VOTE TO ACCEPT NEW CONTRACT FOR 2014-19

The Community Health Bargaining Association (CBA) reached a tentative agreement in late November for the over 15,000 union members working in the community health sector across the province. It is a five-year agreement effective April 1, 2014 until March 31, 2019 and in January members voted 79% in favour.

   

HEALTH SCIENCE MEMBERS VOTE in favour of 2014-19 AGREEMENT

Health science professionals have voted 76 per cent in favour of accepting a new five-year contract.

The agreement was reached in advance of the expiry of the current agreement, set to run out on March 31, 2014.

For more information about the tentative agreement visit the Contract Question and Answer page.

 

PARAGON MEMBER VOTE TO ACCEPT NEW AGREEMENT

HSA members at Paragon Orthotic Lab in Victoria, a manufacturer of custom footwear orthotics, have voted unanimously in favour of accepting a four-year collective agreement.

Highlights of the agreement include wage increases equal to the cost of living, or a minimum of 2 per cent, in the third and fourth years of the agreement, in addition to increased benefit coverage in the third and fourth years of the agreement. The benefit coverage improvements include increases in dental coverage, as well as the introduction of eyeglass coverage for employees' spouses.

The new Family Day statutory holiday will be added to the list of statutory holidays and will be accounted for in the holiday reimbursement formulary.

HSA Chief Negotiator Josef Rieder thanked members for their support of the efforts of their bargaining team.

"Members have voted in favour of an agreement that reflects the financial times, and some of the challenges facing their employer, and in turn Paragon Orthotic Lab has shown through this fair agreement that they value the work of their employees," he said.

The collective agreement is in effect May 1, 2013 to April 20, 2017.