11/18/2025
After ten months of bargaining, the bargaining committee for the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC.
Highlights of the tentative agreement:
✅ 3% general wage increase in each year of the four-year agreement, totaling 12%.
✅ Enhanced provisions that address critical staffing issues.
✅ A renewed commitment from the government to reverse deep wage cuts experienced by Facilities members over 20 years ago under the BC Liberals.
✅ A clear path to improve wages and benefits for health care workers working in long-term care and assisted living.
What’s Next?
1️⃣ HEU’s Provincial Executive will meet to review the agreement.
2️⃣ In the coming days, FBA members will be informed about different opportunities to learn about the agreement and ask questions, including telephone town halls, local meetings, and other communications such as email and text.
3️⃣ Before town halls and local meetings get underway, full details of the tentative agreement will be shared with FBA members. Members are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the agreement.
4️⃣ FBA members will vote to ratify the agreement.
🔗 Read HEU’s news release about the tentative agreement at tinyurl.com/ys4hjms2
