Union Elections and Meetings
A tentative agreement for a new contract was reached this week between Health Sciences Association of BC and CML Healthcare. Details of the proposed agreement, as well as a vote on whether to accept the contract, will be held Monday December 10 in the Lower Mainland, and Tuesday December 11 on Vancouver Island. The information and ratification vote meetings will...
After the deadline for nominations passed at a meeting November 19 with only one nomination, Faith Uchida has been acclaimed as the HSA Chief Steward at Vancouver Hospital for the term of one year. As a result, the scheduled voting will not be held November 21.
HSA members at Vancouver General Hospital are encouraged to participate in the election of a chief steward, assistant chief stewards, occupational health and safety stewards and general stewards. In order to allow as much participation as possible, two days have been set for voting: Date: Monday, November 19Time: 12 noon - 12:30 p.m. - nominations of stewards 12:30 - 1:30...
HSA members in Region 5 have elected Kimball Finigan, a radiation therapist at the Vancouver Centre of the BC Cancer Agency as their representative on the HSA board of directors. Finigan defeated Gerald Yu, a health records administrator at Childrens and Womens Health Centre of BC. Finigan has been an HSA activist since 2002 serving as steward, assistant chief steward...
Health Sciences Association of B.C. is pleased to welcome new members, employees of CML HeatlhCare, to the union of caring professionals. HSA has represented staff at CML HealthCare, a private company that provides medical diagnostic imaging services to the public, in Victoria since 2003. Employees at four additional CML HealthCare clinics in Victoria and the Lower Mainland voted to join...
Suzanne Bennett, regional director for HSA Region 1, has been elected by the HSA Board of Directors to serve as the unions vice-president.. The vice-president assumes the duties of the president at the presidents request or in the presidents absence and chairs the unions resolutions committee. Bennett is a youth addictions counsellor at the John Howard Society in Courtenay and...
During the next several weeks, HSA members in Region 5 will have an opportunity to elect a new representative to the HSA Board of Directors. HSA opened nominations following the election of former Region 5 Director, Reid Johnson as HSA President at the 36th annual convention in April. Nominations for the position closed on May 15, 2007 with two members...
HSA is calling for nominations for the position of Regional Director for Region 5 following the election of Reid Johnson as HSA President at the 36th annual convention held this past weekend. Johnson was first elected as Region 5 Director in 1997 and was re-elected for another term this spring. The new Region 5 Director will serve the remainder of...
Reid Johnson, HSA President Delegates to the 36th annual convention of Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) have elected Reid Johnson as the new president of the union that represents 15,000 health care professionals who work in hospitals and communities around the province. Johnson, a social worker who works at the Centre for Ability, said the most important priority for...
The Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) will kick off its 36th annual convention Friday, April 20 at the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver. Proud of our Past; Ready for the Future is the theme of this years convention, which will feature the election of a new president for the union, as Cindy Stewart, president of HSA for the past...