News & Updates

One of Canadas best labour schools, held at Harrison Hot Springs, in January and February 2010 The CLC Winter School offers a wide variety of week-long, quality labour orientated courses. Past HSA participants have rated the courses and the experience highly. The school offers an opportunity to meet people from other unions and workplaces across BC. To support HSAs ability...

Did you know? 8 million Canadian workers have no pension or RRSP savings. Date: Thursday, November 5 Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Location: Justice Institute Theatre715 McBride BoulevardNew Westminster, BC Coffee and Refreshments will be available. For more information call (604) 430-6766 Printer-friendly poster

Vancouver Sun Online

OTTAWA ... An announcement by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on regulations dealing with federally-regulated pensions is welcome but will have little if any immediate impact upon the pension security that Canadians are looking for, says Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress. -These changes result from consultations the government has held over the past year and some of them...

With the Heath Services and Support Community contract set to expire March 31, 2010, planning is underway to prepare bargaining priorities to present at the bargaining table. HSA stewards will be setting chapter meetings to be held by November 11, 2009 to discuss and develop bargaining proposals. All HSA members covered by the Health Services and Support Community collective agreement...

Moms on the Move is holding a provincial day of protest tomorrow, October 28, to remind BC Premier Gordon Campbell of his promise to build the best system of supports forchildren with special needs in Canada. In the past several weeks, cuts to funding have been announced in a number of programs, including: eliminating early intensive intervention programs, denying therapy...

The provincial government has just announced that seasonal flu vaccine will be administered at the same time as the vaccine for H1N1. Prior to this, the government planned to offer the seasonal vaccine only after the H1N1 vaccination program was complete. H1N1 vaccination for high-risk groups will begin next week. HSA has concerns about the decision to administer the two...

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 are on the verge of a strike. Support the HandyDart workers at a rally at MetroTown Sunday Oct. 24 to support fair collective bargaining in the public sector. Rally information here.

Please be advised that Compass has now locked out union members working at retail food service locations in the Fraser Health Authority. While picket locations do not impede other union members from going to work, the B.C. Federation of Labour and the United Steelworkers Local 2009 are asking union members to not use any of these food services while management...

(This information applies to HSA members of the Health Services and Support / Community Subsector.) In September, HSA mailed to every member in the Health Services and Support (Community Subsector) information about the Community Retraining Fund available to unionized workers in the Health Services and Support Community subsector. The package includes:a) an overview,b) answers to frequently asked questions, andc) application...