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  1. Public Sector Bargaining 2025
  2. Health Science Professionals

Welcome to our Health Science Professionals bargaining hub!

The current collective agreement for BCGEU members working in the Health Science Professionals sector expired March 31, 2025. Negotiations for a new collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) began on March 6, 2025.

Improvements to wages to keep up with the cost of living as well as benefits and pensions will be the top bargaining issues BCGEU members will bring to the table with the other unions of the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA).

This bargaining hub is your one-stop-shop for updates and resources related to Health Science Professionals bargaining. Here you’ll find links to frequently asked questions, recent bargaining bulletins, contact information for your bargaining committee and more. Information will be updated regularly, so bookmark this page and keep checking back.  

Health Science Professionals FAQs

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Bargaining Committee

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Health Science Professionals Bargaining Committee

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Recent Bulletins

May 27, 2025

HSPBA bargaining update - May 27, 2025 - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Your bargaining committee met with the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) for the third round of bargaining on May 20-23.To date, the bargaining committee has tabled more than 50 proposals, each of which is based on specific ideas submitted by members and prioritized in discussions at the fall bargaining proposal conference. Bargaining committee members are working to m...

April 29, 2025

HSPBA Bargaining Update - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

HSPBA Negotiations Update: Second round of talks complete Your bargaining committee for Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract members has wrapped up three days of negotiations with the employer which ran April 22-25. This is the second round of talks with the employer.     Negotiations first began in March. At this early stage, talks are focusing on no...

April 03, 2025

HSPBA Recruitment and Retention Initiatives Extended - BC General Employees' ...

HSPBA Recruitment and Retention Initiatives Extended: PRRI extended to June 30, other programs extended temporarily  In recognition of the importance of tackling shortages affecting health science professions, the Ministry of Health has agreed to extend initiatives launched last year to increase recruitment of health science professionals in rural communities and among professions facing acute ...