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An agreement has been reached between the Facilities Bargaining Association and health employers.
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Facilities Bargaining Association and health employers come to agreement
Published 11:16 PDT, Tue October 18, 2022
Last Updated: 11:17 PDT, Tue October 18, 2022
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The Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), which represents approximately 60,000 people delivering health services throughout British Columbia, has ratified a new agreement under government's shared recovery mandate.
Key priorities of the 2022 mandate include:
• Protecting the services that people in British Columbia depend on
• Improving health care and preparing for future needs and challenges
• Supporting a strong economic recovery that includes everyone in B.C.
These negotiations are focused on providing a fair and reasonable offer to public-sector workers that includes significant inflation protection, while ensuring that government has the resources to continue to invest in building a stronger province for everyone.
This bargaining unit includes hundreds of skilled health-care occupations, including care aides, lab assistants, health records clerks, dietary and cleaning staff, nursing unit assistants, and trades and maintenance workers. The nine-union FBA is led by the Hospital Employees' Union, which represents about 93 per cent of health-care workers covered by the agreement.
The ratified agreement includes a three-year term and a negotiable "flexibility allocation" of up to 0.25 per cent in the first two years to support mutually beneficial outcomes for both parties.
It also includes general wage increases of:
• Year 1: a flat increase of $0.25/hour, which provides a greater percentage increase for lower paid employees (for FBA workers, an average of 0.98 per cent) plus 3.24 per cent
• Year 2: 5.5 per cent plus a potential cost of living adjustment to a maximum of 6.75 per cent
• Year 3: two per cent plus a potential cost of living adjustment to a maximum of three per cent
Important achievements for both parties in this round of bargaining include advancing Indigenous specific anti-racism initiatives, collaborating on recruitment and retention strategies, reducing employee turnover, and preserving flexibility that supports better service provision, while supporting workers.
Currently, there are just over 137,000 public-sector employees covered by tentative or ratified agreements reached under B.C.'s shared recovery mandate.
To learn more about public-sector bargaining in B.C., visit gov.bc.ca/psecbargaining
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