USW Local 1-2017
Suite 100, 1777 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC,
V2L 3G7
Phone Numbers
Prince George:
Tel: 250.563.7771
Toll-free: 1.800.565.3641
Fax: 250.563.0274
Williams Lake:
Tel: 250.398.8248
Toll-free: 1.888.398.8248
Fax: 250.398.6218
E-mail:
Your Collective Bargaining Committee and HEABC are currently on hiatus for the summer and will resume negotiations in mid-September.
Bargaining Committees have been working together for many months, with frequent breaks from session in order for HEABC to focus on the other tables also negotiating, our progress has been slow, but steady.
Main table bargaining is still under way, and until they have come to an agreement we are unable to discuss monetary items as the mandated monetary allotment comes to us from the main tables. We are optimistic that they will have reached fruition prior to our commencing in September, and CBA bargaining will continue in full force.
Housekeeping has been front and center, as we are working towards cleaning up language and getting clarity on many sections, to ensure the CBA will be more user friendly.
Numerous Articles have been agreed to thus far, with the exclusion of anything monetary:
We started discussing Article 14 (Hours of work and scheduling) and 15 (Hours of work and scheduling-Community Health Workers) in our last session, and are hopeful we can agree to some significant language changes when we resume bargaining.
Recruitment and Retention issues have been discussed at length, and the changes we are making will go a long way to address these concerns.
As was stated above, the bargaining committees are currently on hiatus until September 12, when we expect to return to the table. We are scheduled for a 2-week session of bargaining, so the next update can be expected September 27th.
If you have any questions please contact Jessica at jessica@usw1-2017.ca.