Members of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new agreement reached with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC).

The CBA represents seven constituent unions and just over 25,000 workers, 60% of whom are members of the BC General Employees’ Union. CBA workers provide health care support services in a variety of community settings including private and group homes, residential community living homes, supported employment programs, child development centres, adult day programs, mental health centres, community service agencies and health authorities throughout B.C. 

Highlights of some terms and conditions negotiated in this agreement include shift premiums to address critical staffing pressures, portability to support provincial retention, reimbursement of employment related expenses, and improved certainty for community health worker scheduling. These changes will help improve and maintain stable service delivery throughout the province.

The CBA agreement has the same four-year term and annual 3% general wage increases that also apply across the broader provincial public-sector negotiations as part of the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate. CBA workers will also continue to receive low-wage redress as they have since 2014, along with the community social services tables. 

HEABC member ratification will be completed in early April 2026.

Negotiations under the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate support government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in B.C.’s public sector, to maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and to support the Province’s efforts to find operational efficiencies that preserve front-line services.

Currently, more than 220,000 people are covered by tentative or ratified agreements reached in the 2025 round of bargaining.

Learn More:

• To learn more about public-sector bargaining in B.C., visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employers/public-sector-employers/public-sector-bargaining