News & Updates

Basic Steward Training (three-day workshop) Stewards play a vital role in the union. This workshop will teach new stewards the skills to enable them to serve confidently in their role. Workshop content includes the role of the steward, organizing your chapter, grievance handling, and basic contract interpretation. This workshop is the prerequisite for HSA’s Facing Management, Contract Interpretation, and Lead/Asst...

Applications are now being accepted for professional development funding, for eligible expenses commencing from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 , to support HSA members who work under the Health Science Professionals Collective Agreement (HSPBA) and who are pursuing professional development. The continued funding was negotiated in the 2022-2025 collective agreement, with a $400,000 contribution to the fund each...

Have you submitted your professional fees fund application yet? While many HSA members have already been reimbursed for their 2023 professional fees, many other members still need to apply. Don’t miss out – the deadline for eligible receipts is December 31, 2023. This financial benefit was negotiated in last year’s round of HSPBA bargaining; all HSA members covered by the...

Many members covered by the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) collective agreement who have reached 15-, 20-, 25- and 30-year milestones in their career are now eligible for long-service pay rates (also known as “Add Pay”) based on seniority date (regular employees) or seniority hours (casual employees). Find out more about Add Pay: June 1, 2023 - Agreement Reached on Long-Service...

Thank you to all full- and part-time HSA members who took part in the first stage of the move to a new profile-based classification system for health science professionals working in BC’s public health care system. Over the last several weeks, thousands of health science professionals used HSA’s online classification review tool to double-check how the employer matched their jobs...

HSA members at West Coast Medical Imaging met earlier this month to set priorities for bargaining a new collective agreement. The current contract expires March 31, 2024. At meetings held in Victoria and New Westminster, members reviewed bargaining priorities submitted by members working at 18 sites in the Lower Mainland and Lower Island, both of which focused on themes of...

Please join us! DATE: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 TIME: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm LOCATION: GFS Lecture Hall *Lunch from Bonjour Bahn Mi (Vietnamese Sub Sandwiches) will be Provided* Agenda: • Classifications Redesign Discussion Part 2 • General Discussion • Q&A Thank you to those of you who were able to join us in October to talk about the classification...

OTTAWA – Canada’s unions welcome Canadian Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan’s introduction yesterday of Bill C-58, legislation to ban the use of replacement workers, and look forward to working with all Parliamentarians to strengthen the legislation to ensure workers’ rights are protected, and fairness is restored to the collective bargaining process. “We have seen years of record corporate profits while workers’...

A recent HSA survey on workplace discrimination calls for more solidarity among members, more bystander interaction, revisions to complaint processes, and negotiations to achieve greater accountability for Respect in the Workplace polices. Read “Discrimination in the Workplace: Findings from HSA’s Survey on Inclusion and Belonging” The survey, conducted online April through May 2023 in response to a 2022 convention resolution...

Millions of people around the world have been marching in support of an immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine and to end the unprecedented humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza. Ceasefire NOW, supported by the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), which is a national union HSA is affiliated to, is making this urgent appeal to stage a pan-Canadian day of...