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HSA is offering scholarships and bursaries to all members and their children. We will be awarding ten scholarships for full-time studies, twenty bursaries for full-time studies, four bursaries for part-time studies and two aboriginal scholarships. The criteria and details are set out on the application forms. To obtain a copy please see the HSA website: www.hsabc.org Completed application forms and...

Thursday, March 8, 2012 HSA Office, Vancouver HSA invites women members to participate in a workshop that combines celebrating International Womens Day and in-house HSA training. Part of the goal this day is to: • raise awareness about womens issues and achievements; • provide connections with groups working in the broader womens movement; • develop and strengthen relationships with labour...

Nominations for the 2012 David Bland Award are now open. Members will note that this award may now be awarded to a group of members as well as to an individual. Here is a link to the 2012 David Bland Award. For more information about this award please contact Marty Lovick, Senior LRO (OH&S) at 604.439.0994 x 560, 1.800.663.2017 x...

Two weeks ago, we held a special telephone town hall meeting for pharmacists concerned about government plans to cut your salary by up to 14%. Several hundred people took part in this important discussion, and we answered a number of questions from members like you. Unfortunately, we have since learned that our technical supplier for the event made an error...

Bargaining for British Columbias over 13,000 workers employed in community health services and support kicked off this week. Talks commenced between the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) on January 23 with the exchange of opening remarks and the initial tabling of proposals. The CBA presented a summary of the priorities identified by health...

Community social service workers across British Columbia are returning to the bargaining table. The current collective agreement expires on March 31, 2012. The first dates for bargaining with the employer have now been set for the week of February 27. HSAs bargaining representatives joined discussions at the bargaining associations strategy meeting this week. Delegates to HSAs community social services bargaining...

Lower Mainland pharmacists being consolidated and transferred to Fraser Health Authority in early March, and who are not currently employed by Fraser Health Authority, you are asked to NOT provide the transfer forms FHA has sent you, with a deadline for return of January 27. While it is not necessary to complete the transfer package, you are required to provide...

The United Steelworkers (USW) announced this week the launch of a fundraising campaign and the creation of a trust account to provide support to the workers of Babine Forest Products and their families in the wake of an explosion at the Burns Lake, B.C. sawmill. The tragedy in Burns Lake has affected the whole community, including the many HSA members...

HSA is offering the following 2-day OH&S steward training workshops at the HSA office: Basic OH&S Steward Training dates: Registration closes: February 13 & 14, 2012 February 3, 2012 March 26 & 27, 2012 March 5, 2012 Occupational health and safety issues are very important to HSA members, and OH&S stewards play a vital role in promoting a safe work...

Health Sciences Association (HSA), on behalf of the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association, called on the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) in a meeting today to rescind the notice it gave earlier this month that it plans to roll back hospital pharmacists wages by as much as $12,000 a year. Jeanne Meyers, HSAs executive director of legal services and...