Health Science Professionals

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATION Bargaining Update #11 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required) The HSA Board of Directors and your bargaining team are urging health science professionals to vote YES in favour of the tentative agreement reached last week between the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of BC. The agreement was negotiated under the terms of...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATION Bargaining Update #10 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required) The Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association (PPBA) and Health Employers' Association of BC (HEABC) have reached a tentative agreement for a collective agreement that expires March 31, 2006. The tentative agreement was reached July 15 under the terms of a framework agreement negotiated June 10. Under the terms...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATION Bargaining Update #9 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required) With four days of discussion now completed, the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association and Health Employers Association of BC have made very little progress on key issues. In the Framework Agreement signed June 10, 2004 by the two parties, it was agreed that negotiations on a number of...

BL9987HSA has scored a significant victory for Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association members who have been denied on-call pay when they were called back to work.Under the collective agreement, members receive premium pay for the hours they are scheduled on call. The current rate is $3 an hour for the first 72 hours in a month, and $4.25 per hour for...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATION Bargaining Update #8 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required)The Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association (PPBA) and Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) have scheduled a series of dates for discussion on the key issues identified in the Framework Agreement signed June 10. The following dates for negotiations have been scheduled: June 22 and 23July 6, 7, and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Information: Miriam Sobrino Communications Officer604 439 0994 office / 604 328 2886 cellThen Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association (PPBA), which represents health science professionals working in BC's health care system, has reached a framework agreement with HEABC. Health science professionals deliver the clinical, diagnostic and rehabilitation services in the public health care system in B.C.Under the terms of...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATIONBargaining Update #7 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required)The Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association has reached a framework agreement with HEABC that will remove the employers' concession demands from the bargaining table and create a climate for constructive negotiation of a number of contract issues, including posting and bumping language, hours of work and recruitment and retention.Under the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Miriam Sobrino Director Strategic Communications& Member Development604 439 0994 office604 328 2886 cellThe Health Sciences Association, the union representing 12,000 health science professionals who provide the diagnostic, clinical and rehabilitation services in the public health care system, welcomed the deal hammered out over the weekend to force the government to step back from its attack on...

BL9980 Most HSA esential services levels in placeMediator Stephen Rinfret has booked out of mediation with the Facilities Health Services & Support Bargaining Association and Health Employers' Association of BC (HEABC).The Facilities Bargaining Association is awaiting a decision from the Labour Relations Board (LRB) on its application to have the LRB set interim (temporary) essential services levels. The LRB is...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATION Bargaining Update #6 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required)Bargaining between the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association and Health Employers Association of BC has been temporarily suspended.After several bargaining sessions that have allowed the parties to explore a number of issues, the two sides agreed to suspend bargaining due to industry-wide considerations.-It has become clear to the two...