Bargaining Update: Health Science Professionals

Contract talks covering BC’s modern health care professionals set to resume in August; work continues on classifications grievance VANCOUVER—Bargaining discussions between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and Health Employers’ Association of BC (HEABC) for a new collective agreement for BC’s health science professionals will resume at the end of August. CUPE bargaining committee […]

Aboriginal Education Assistant Report released

VANCOUVER–The Canadian Union of Public Employees has released a new report outlining the challenges facing Aboriginal Education Assistants in BC. The report follows CUPE’s groundbreaking Respect & Recognition survey of EAs first released in 2008.  Aboriginal EAs voice many of the same concerns as their non‐Aboriginal counterparts – unpaid work, lack of scheduled work hours, […]