Welcome to our Community Social Services bargaining hub!

On April 23^rd, the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) reached a tentative agreement with the Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA) after marathon negotiations.

The 4-year tentative agreement features significant gains in many of the priorities that our members identified. The new contract is for four years, from April 1^st, 2025, to March 31^st, 2029.

 Here are a few highlights of the deal, which will also apply to supportive housing, shelter and women’s transition home members until April 1, 2027, if ratified:

Bargaining gains achieved in 2026

• 3%/year for four years
• Shift premiums, beginning 2028
• Renewed funding for the targeted wage adjustments that supportive housing workers won in 2024, so that it is fixed and ongoing for the life of the agreement*
• Health and Welfare benefits improvements
• Mileage rates increase to 65 cents
• Regular employee retention incentive of $1,100 per FTE as of January 2027, payable April 2027
• Support for gender affirming care
• Wage adjustments for Indigenous Services members

• Improved health and safety language, including new reference to workload-related health and safety concerns

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*A note for supportive housing workers transferring into the community health agreement in April 2027: Our union is currently negotiating a transfer agreement for a fair and smooth transition into the community health agreement. It remains our position that your current base wage rates, inclusive of the 3% increases outlined above, should be matched with the same base wage rates in the community health agreement, so that you do not lose money. In terms of shift premiums, you should see a boost when you transfer into your new agreement in 2027.