Information on Community Social Services tentative agreements now available!

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached for the renewal of Community Social Services collective agreements including Aboriginal Services, Community Living and General Services with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA).

Full details and highlights of what was negotiated are now available including:

The CSSBA Negotiating Committee is encouraging members to attend ratification meetings in the coming weeks as a full explanation of wages and compensation will be provided.

Details of ratification meetings and the voting process will be available soon.

The CSSBA Negotiating Committee is recommending that members vote YES to accept the terms of the tentative agreements.

 

You can also Visit the CSS Fair Deal website to find more bargaining information and resources.

The original bulletin is available by clicking here.

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As a follow-up to a resolution passed at the CUPE BC 2018 Convention  this past April, we are supporting a petition to have June 21st – National Indigenous People’s Day – recognized as a statutory holiday by the Province of British Columbia.

Please help us by downloading and printing the petition, and get people to sign it!

You can read more about this on CUPE’s website here.

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Provincial Bargaining Update #6 – A Tentative Agreement Has Been Reached!

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is pleased to announce that, after four weeks of negotiations and a 95-hour push over the last six days for a deal without concessions, a tentative agreement has been reached for General Services and Community Living with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA). The tentative agreements are for three-year terms and provide significant compensation increases in terms of low-wage redress for all members, while meeting the government mandate of improving the services British Columbians count on.

You can get the June 15th bargaining update by clicking here.

CUPE Press Release

Tentative agreements reached for General Services and Community Living

BURNABY—The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is pleased to announce that, after four weeks of negotiations and a 95-hour push over the last six days for a deal without concessions, a tentative agreement has been reached for General Services and Community Living with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA).

To read more, please visit:

https://www.cupe.bc.ca/tentative_agreements_reached_for_general_services_and_community_living