Tentative Agreement Informations Sessions

Tuesday, May 5, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82069990603?pwd=zeYSUfaCI2Uw591bPOQEws9On6HSLa.1

Meeting ID: 820 6999 0603 Passcode: 363678

 

Tuesday, May 5, 6:00 PM – 9:00PM

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Meeting ID: 837 2251 7598 Passcode: 143680

 

Thursday, May 7, 6:00 PM – 9:00PM

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Meeting ID: 827 2682 0608 Passcode: 889920

 

Friday May 8, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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Meeting ID: 835 1118 8282 Passcode: 658496

 

Indigenous Services Agreement Information Session

Tuesday, May 12, 12:00 PM (Noon)

This session will be conducted with the BCGEU. A link will be sent by BCGEU.

 

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Members in community social services know too well the challenges facing our province,

with rising housing and grocery costs and increasing pressure on our social support

networks. We knew that this round of bargaining was coming at a critical time for all of you,

and we asked you to help shape our key priorities for bargaining.

You told your bargaining committee that meaningful wage and health benefit

improvements, including for increased mental health coverage and gender affirming care,

as well as new shift premiums, are among your top bargaining issues for this round. With

this information, we prepared to negotiate three agreements under the CSSBA umbrella:

Community Living Services, General Services and Indigenous Services.

We kicked off negotiations with your employers in May 2025 and after months of hard

work, we reached a tentative agreement on April 23rd, 2026. We were committed to

bargaining a new agreement that would reflect your priorities and ensure that you are

supported in your work to provide quality care in your community.

We will be holding a series of virtual information sessions on the tentative agreement over

the next week. You can find dates, times and Zoom links on the last page of this bulletin.

We made some real gains in this round of negotiations, and we are proud to recommend

for you to vote ‘yes’ to ratify your new collective agreement.

 

In solidarity,

Your CUPE Representatives to the CSSBA Bargaining Committee

Sheryl Burns CUPE 1936

Lee-Ann Lalli CUPE 1936

Valeria Mancilla CUPE 1936

Kate Pirillo CUPE 1936

Bob Crozier CUPE 523

Laura House CUPE 3999

 

Tentative Agreement Highlights

All members in Community Living Services, General Services and Indigenous Services will

receive a general wage increase of 3% every year, retroactive to April 1st, 2025.

In addition to this wage gain, here are some highlights of other gains and improvements:

• Mileage rate increased to 65¢/km effective two months post-ratification

• Psychologist/counsellor coverage increased to $1,500 effective October 1st, 2026

• Vision care glasses/lenses/laser increased to $500 effective October 1st, 2026

• Elimination of the dual coverage restriction for extended health benefits and for

dental benefits effective April 1st, 2028

• Eliminate Step 1 of the JJEP wage grid effective six months post-ratification

• Health sector comparability wage increases effective April 2028

• Shift premiums tailored to sector, effective September, 2028

• Retention incentive of $1,100 per regular FTE as of January 2027, based on hours

worked in 2026, payable April 2027

• Gender-affirming care support through a dedicated fund

• Improved health and safety language including workload-related concerns

 

Indigenous Services Members

Members that work in Indigenous Services will receive all main table agreement items.

In addition, there are gains that are specific to this sub-sector:

• Targeted wage adjustments for existing delegated jobs

• Implementation of new Indigenous Services Job Evaluation Plan resulting in wage

increases for the majority of existing non-delegated jobs

• Increase to meal allowances effective July 1st, 2026

• Renewal of Retention Incentive Payments

• New Indigenous Services Education Fund

• New Indigenous Dispute Resolution Process to resolve grievances and complaints

• New agreement for Indigenous Services employers to voluntarily participate in the

Public Service Pension Plan

 

 

April 24, 2026

After 75 days of negotiations, and 91 direct meetings, your bargaining committee is pleased to
announce we reached a tentative agreement with the Community Social Services Employers’
Association (CSSEA) on Thursday, April 23rd.
This tentative agreement represents the hard work and solidarity between workers across nine
unions, which strengthened our hand at the table.
We made progress on the priorities you identified for the Community Living, General Services
and Indigenous Services sub-sectors, and we look forward to sharing the details of these wins with
you.
You will be receiving a comprehensive report within the next week, highlighting all the
proposed changes in detail. You will also be getting more information on how and when we
will vote on ratification.
It’s incredibly important that we have your correct contact information. If you know a co-worker
or a former coworker who isn’t receiving these emails, please forward this message and
encourage them to update their contact information with their local. We want to ensure members
get all the details about our tentative agreement and the ratification vote process.

In solidarity,
Your CUPE representatives to the CSSBA Bargaining Committee

-Circulated on behalf of BC Building Trades-

Together workers fought to secure Community Benefit and Project Labour Agreements on major public projects like the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge (Pattullo Bridge replacement), the Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project and the Surrey-Langley Skytrain.

These agreements ensure British Columbians build BC’s public infrastructure—while expanding apprenticeships, ensuring safe working conditions and paying good, family-sustaining wages.

Yet without warning or consultation with the workers making their living on these projects, the BC Conservatives introduced a law to ban these agreements. Their bill would tie the government’s hands and put local jobs with family-sustaining wages at risk.

Show your support for skilled trades workers and good-paying local jobs by signing the BC Building Trades’ petition and tell the BC Conservatives to withdraw their bill:

https://protectbcjobs.ca/#petition

The BC Conservatives want to take us back to a time when the Canada Line project was built using temporary foreign labour, paying some workers less than $4 an hour.

BC Building Trades unions are demanding that BC Conservatives stop their attack on good-paying, local trades jobs and withdraw their legislation to ban Community Benefits and Project Labour Agreements.

Sign the petition if you agree: https://protectbcjobs.ca/#petition

Once you’ve signed the petition, please share it to your social media and ask your friends and family to sign too.

March 20, 202

Community Bargaining Association (CBA) members have voted by more than 91% to

ratify a new collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British

Columbia (HEABC).

This is a strong result and a major win for community health workers across B.C.

The four-year, inflation-fighting agreement delivers substantial gains in the areas

members identified as priorities, including annual wage increases of 3% per year and

low wage redress funding that will mean most members will earn about 13%

more by the end of the agreement than they do today.

The agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2025, and is in effect until March 31, 2029.

Now that members have ratified the agreement, the next step is ratification

by HEABC employers, which is expected to take place at the beginning of April. After

that, the constituent unions of the CBA will begin work to implementation.

Please note the employer controls the timing of retroactive pay, but our union

will advocate for it to be paid out as quickly as possible.

This agreement was won through solidarity. It was made possible by the strength

members showed throughout bargaining, by a powerful strike vote, and by the

determination of community health workers to stand together and fight for

improvements. Because members stayed united and engaged, this round of

bargaining delivered real progress on the priorities that mattered most.

In solidarity,

Your CUPE representatives to the CBA bargaining committee

COPE491

 

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has developed a course  for  members in the Community and Social Services Sector on the subject of Building Respectful Relationships.

This course can be accessed on the CSSBA website here: http://cssba.ca

To take the course you will have to Register using CUPE’s access code. Click the ‘Register’ button and put in the relevant information. The Access Code is:

CUPE-S33K-4W1C-UJ61-1SJD-UV46

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March 9, 2026

Bargaining update: pushing back on concessions

Since our last update, your bargaining committee met with the Community Social
Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) for six more days of negotiations in February.
By Feb. 18, we had agreed to and signed off on eight more non-monetary proposals.
While we’ve been making progress, we are still facing employer demands for
concessions in high-stakes areas. Important monetary items remain
unresolved; we’ll be using all the leverage we have advocating for the solutions and
priorities you empowered your committee to advance. We remain committed to
pushing for a deal that reflects the progress you said you need this round.
Our next bargaining dates are March 23 to 27. Until then, your bargaining committee
will be meeting and refining our goals so that we are prepared to return to the table.
Conversations specific to Indigenous Services (IS) negotiations are on pause until we
see more progress at the main table with General Services and Community Living. Our
IS goals remain: a fully funded collective agreement that
provides equitable compensation for Indigenous workers who do the same or similar
work in direct government services. Priorities include language that truly acknowledges
and respects Indigenous peoples lived experience. To effectively advance more IS
proposals, we first need to get closer to agreement with the employers on substantive
monetary issues at the main table.
At this point, your committee and CSSEA are looking into bargaining dates for April,
in case we need them. Stay tuned for more updates as we pursue a good deal that
meets your needs.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE representatives to the Community Social Services bargaining committee

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