Due to the recent lock-out by Canada Post of Canadian Union of Postal Workers members HSA has extended the deadline for Region 8 members to return their mail-in ballots to elect a new Region 8 Director.  

With the new deadline, ballots must be received at the HSA office by 3:00 pm on Friday, July 15.

Ballot envelopes received by HSA will continue to be stored in a secure location until the new deadline, at which time all ballots received will be counted by the Elections Committee.

Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) is seeking an HSA member with a commitment to the unions partnership in the annual Run for the Cure to work as a -member mobilizer" to recruit HSA members to participate in the annual Run for the Cure against breast cancer, and in related fundraising activities.

Attached please find a request for expressions of interest, as well as application form for the temporary position of a member mobilizer for the 2011 HSA Run for the Cure.

In keeping with a resolution passed by delegates at HSAs 2010 convention, HSA is encouraging members to vote -Yes" to extinguish the Harmonized Sales Tax in the current BC-wide referendum. 

The 2010 resolution directed HSA to take the following actions to oppose the HST:

Please note this is a correction from last weeks bulletin (EB11-09) advertising the Basic OH&S Steward Training dates of October 18 & 19, the correct dates are:

Basic OH&S Steward Training
(2-day workshop):

November 7 & 8, 2011

Please apply ASAP as workshops have been filling up quickly.

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Pre-registration form:

July 13 - 17, 2011 - University of  Victoria

There is still room available for HSA members wanting to attend this years Summer Institute for Union Women.

Essential service levels to be set by July 22

We are making steady progress in moving towards job action following the May 30 strike vote. 

Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti is calling for a return to the bargaining table so that locked-out postal workers can get back to work.

http://www.canadianlabour.ca/national/news/ken-georgetti-writes-labour-minister-lisa-raitt

Visit the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' (CUPW) website for information on how to support locked-out postal workers.

Due to increased demand for steward training and OH&S steward training, HSA is offering the following workshops:

Basic Steward Training
(3-day workshop):
October 24 ... 26, 2011

Please apply ASAP as workshops have been filling up quickly.

Due to the current lock-out by Canada Post of Canadian Union of Postal Workers members, HSA is extending the deadline for Region 8 members to return their mail-in ballots to elect a new Region 8 Director.

Wednesday, June 29 was the original deadline for HSA to receive ballots.  Canada Post discontinued all regular mail delivery, and ceased accepting any new mail, in the middle of June.  Once mail service resumes, HSA will issue another bulletin to notify Region 8 members of the revised deadline for HSA to receive ballots.

Since January 11, 2011, health employers have been attempting to consolidate Health Information Management (HIM) Lower Mainland wide. 

HSA has been making attempts to negotiate a labour adjustment agreement to minimize impacts to our health information management members caught up in this process.

To date, HSA does not have an agreed upon labour adjustment agreement with Providence for HIM Lower Mainland consolidation.

We understand that the employer has gone ahead in implementing their organizational structure for HIM.