On September 1, the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) reached a tentative agreement covering more than 60,000 health care workers across the province.
On October 12, members of the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) ratified the new three-year collective agreement with B.C.’s health employers by a vote of 64 per cent.
HEU’s secretary business manager Meena Brisard says that seven months of negotiations took place against the backdrop of serious staff shortages and COVID-related burnout, along with rising costs not seen in decades.
“Our bargaining committee has negotiated an unprecedented agreement for the unprecedented times we are facing in health care and in the economy.”
