News & Updates
Dec. 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6, 2018
On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered in a disturbing act of misogynist violence at École Polytechnique. Murdered by a man who claimed the act was “fighting feminism,” these women were targeted because they were pursuing engineering degrees, and the attacker believed these jobs should be performed only by men.
Deadline for resolutions to HSA Convention January 25, 2019
December 5, 2018
Preparations for HSA’s annual convention, where delegates representing members from throughout the province set goals, debate policies, and recommend actions for the union and its members to carry out for the year, are already underway.
2nd Annual HSA Young Workers Forum!
December 3, 2018
Nurses Bargaining Association reaches tentative agreement
November 26, 2018
A tentative three-year agreement has been reached between the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).
The tentative agreement addresses key priorities and protects nurses’ ability to provide safe, quality patient care.
Scholarships and bursaries available for HSA members and their families
November 21, 2018
HSA is offering scholarships and bursaries to all members and their children. Ten scholarships will be awarded for full-time studies, twenty bursaries for full-time studies and four bursaries for part-time studies. Two aboriginal bursaries will be awarded to aboriginal students in BC.
Bargaining update: Nurses’ Bargaining Association
November 9, 2018
Several weeks since HSA’s representatives to the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) joined the NBA bargaining team in early contract talks with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) to negotiate a new collective agreement, progress continues to be made.
HSA’s representatives at the bargaining table, member Nicole McIntosh, a registered psychiatric nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, and staff negotiator Alyson Warner report that they continue to focus on key priorities for HSA’s 1100 registered psychiatric nurses.
Tentative agreement reached for Health Science Professionals
November 9, 2018
November 9, 2018
After almost 10 weeks of bargaining, a three-year tentative agreement has been reached between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).
Repeal of legislation will end 16-year attack on delivery of health care and community social services in BC
November 8, 2018
HSA welcomes today’s news that BC Minister of Health Adrian Dix has introduced legislation repealing 16-year-old legislation that targeted health care and community social services workers British Columbians count on to care for them during their most vulnerable times.
“This legislation introduced today brings an end to almost two decades of attacks on health care and community social service workers,” said HSA President Val Avery.
Apply now for an HSA Scholarship to the 2019 Canadian Labour Congress Winter School
November 1, 2018
2018 Canadian Labour Congress Winter School
Bargaining Update #4: Health Science Professionals
October 26, 2018
Negotiating teams head back into talks next week to continue bargaining for a new collective agreement for the province’s 18,000 health science professionals working in hospitals and communities around the province. The bargaining teams have been working solidly in the three weeks since the last update to members, and significant progress is being made at the table on a number of issues. Next week, the focus shifts to workload and shortages solutions, finding effective strategies for ensuring occupational health and safety, and optimizing benefit provisions