News and Events
Bargaining for a new collective agreement covering BCNU's public service members has opened with a partial exchange of proposals with the employer
February 10, 2017
All parties must continue to work together to ensure nurses and their patients benefit from provisions designed to advance the nursing profession and provide safe patient care
May 11, 2016
Contract provisions to ensure safe patient care and advance the profession of nursing require continued collaboration
May 11, 2016
Better for nurses, focuses on safe patient care
April 05, 2016
The Health Sciences Association (HSA) has gone to the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB) seeking to thwart the current agreement to hire more than 1,600 nurses.
January 27, 2016
Three weeks after Vancouver Coastal Health signed a groundbreaking agreement to pay nurses at VGH's Jim Pattison OR a $5/hr premium to address a chronic nursing shortage, HEABC has abruptly cancelled the deal.
December 11, 2015
Sets the tone for positive solutions at the bargaining table
November 24, 2015
Representatives from the Nurses' Bargaining Association (NBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) met Sept. 21. More information on further talks will be provided as bargaining continues.
September 22, 2015