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Health Services & Support – Community Subsector - Big News on the Community Health Low Wage Redress & a telephone town hall - BCGEU

Published on April 05, 2019

As you may be aware, the Community Health Bargaining Association (CBA) collective agreement just came into force on April 1, 2019 it includes a $40 million fund to move wages for all jobs closer to the pay rates for equivalent work in the Facilities sub-sector. This is great news.

We're happy to let you know that the Low Wage Redress funds have now been fully allocated for all three years of the collective agreement. Every Community Health Services job is now being compared to its equivalent under the Health Facilities agreement, and as such we've updated the Wage Grid (Schedule A in the collective agreement) and the pay rates for each of those grids. 

Funds were allocated first to those wages that were the furthest behind their Facilities counterparts. Fundamentally, this was about attempting to achieve equal pay for equal work across agreements. By the time the funds have been fully distributed in April 2021, all classifications will be just 1.5% away from their Facilities equivalent. 

Your union is hosting two telephone town hall meetings next Monday April 8 to explain the benefits your bargaining unit fought for hard for and won at the bargaining table, and to give you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

You don't need to do anything. We will call you, and when you answer you'll join the town hall.

Date

Time

April 8, 2019

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

April 8, 2019

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

We've attached some information to help explain the Low Wage Redress and how it works for your job classification. We look forward to speaking with you on Monday!

In solidarity,

 

Your Community Health Low Wage Redress Committee:

Scott De Long, Component 8 Vice President, Community Health Services
Deb Wilson, BCGEU Staff Representative; Brent Camilleri, BCGEU Staff Representative and CBA Chief Spokesperson 
Monica Staff, UFCW; Chris Dorais, HEU; Derek Wong, HSA

 

Download PDF of notice here
Download PDF of Progress to FBA Rate chart here
Download PDF of Movement to Target Rate chart here
Download PDF of Grid Assignments for Community Health here
Download PDF of Community Subsector Wage Schedule here



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