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Health
CUPE represents approximately 4,600 workers within BC's health sector.
HSPBA Tentative Agreement Clarification Regarding Changes to Grade I and II Positions
Emergency Services
Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. form the largest group of health care workers in CUPE, representing 3,500 members in CUPE Local 873. Ambulance paramedics provide pre-hospital care throughout the province. They cover an area of 366,255 square miles.
A sub-local of CUPE Local 873 represents 290 emergency dispatchers who work for Vancouver-based ECOMM taking and dispatching calls for police and fire in the Lower Mainland.
Health Authorities
CUPE also represents over 1,000 community health workers who work for three of B.C.'s Health Authorities.
We have over 500 members in the Health Sciences Professional Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and about 500 in the the Health Services and Support Community Subsector Bargaining Association (HSSCBA).
These are provincial associations in which the HSA and the BCGEU respectively are the lead unions.
CUPE members provide diagnostic, clinical, inspection, advocacy, home support, counseling, preventative, and rehabilitation services in the following Health Authorities:
- Fraser Health Authority - CUPE Local 4816
- Vancouver Coastal Health Authority - CUPE Local 15
- Vancouver Island Health Authority - CUPE Local 1978
Health Agencies
We also represent employees of health-related agencies that fall under the HSSCBA in the following workplaces:
- B.C. Persons with AIDS Society - CUPE Local 3495
- Canadian Mental Health (Port Alberni) - CUPE Local 3403-01
Sector Coordinator: Justin Schmid, CUPE National Rep, BC Regional Office
Latest Story
January 31, 2012
Workers in Community Health begin tabling bargaining proposals
CUPE Health Care Workers began bargaining last week, joined by over 13,000 workers employed in the Community Health sector. Talks commenced between the multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) and the Health Employers’ Association of B.C. (HEABC) on January 23 with the exchange of opening remarks and the initial tabling of proposals. The CBA presented a summary of the priorities identified by health care workers and proposals related to housekeeping issues, harassment and bullying. ...