Bulletins

Ongoing delays in paying the wage increases negotiated in the 2022-2025 collective agreement are extremely frustrating for members and extremely concerning to the union. Delayed implementation of pay changes for new collective agreements almost always happens to some degree, but the extent of the delays in this instance is not acceptable. While the problems are the responsibility of BC’s health...

Delegates to HSA’s annual convention this morning voted to re-elect Kane Tse to serve as president for a second term. “All of you are what makes HSA the caring organization that it is,” Tse told delegates following the vote. “I couldn’t be more proud to be your president and have this precious opportunity for another two years. Our aim of...

A total of $12 million has been made available to health science professional members over four years Speaking to delegates at HSA’s annual convention in Vancouver, President Kane Tse today announced the union has secured another $3 million to support professional development training for members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association Collective Agreement. The new funding will be...

Your bargaining committee has achieved an historic agreement that delivers record-setting compensation for BC nurses. It provides meaningful incentives that will help retain nurses today and attract the nurses needed for the future. And with the groundbreaking Ministry of Health commitment on mandatory nurse-patient ratios, the employers must make significant improvements to address shortages over the next three years. The...

Release from the BC Health Coalition (BCHC) Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s (CSC) attempt to overturn previous decisions made by BC’s courts that upheld the BC Medicare Protection Act. This decision marks the end of the corporation’s lengthy legal battle to overturn key provisions in the BC Medicare Protection Act that ensure equitable access to...

HSA President Kane Tse today welcomed the momentous news that Dr. Brian Day and Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s assault on the public health care system in British Columbia has reached the end of the legal road with a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that it will not hear an appeal of the decisions of BC courts to uphold the...

Date: June 21-22, 2023 Time: 9am-4:30pm Location: Virtual via Webex How do health care and social services professionals begin to put a dent in the racial inequities that exist in our fields? Join us for a two-day anti-racism workshop and active learning session to explore how we can participate in anti-racist change in British Columbia's health care and social services...

HSA is pleased to offer another opportunity to attend this two-day workshop! DATES: June 13-14, 2023 TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm LOCATION: Virtual – WebEx details to follow This two-day virtual workshop will help non-Indigenous HSA members to develop the skills, compassion, and abilities required to recognize and change colonial systems and practices in their personal and professional lives...

This year, HSA will be offering a video stream of the proceedings of Convention 2023 to allow all HSA members the opportunity to tune in to observe registered delegates debate resolutions forwarded from HSA chapters across the province, and set the union’s course for the coming year at the union’s 52nd annual convention being held April 19-21 at the Hyatt...

New wage grids for members working in community social services have been finalized. The new grids reflect the increases negotiated for the new 2022-2025 collective agreement and ratified by members last month, and are to take effect the first full pay period after April 1, 2022 (retroactive) and the first full pay period after April 1, 2023. Read the wage...