Community Subsector

The Health Services & Support – Community Subsector Association Collective Agreement covers over 25,300 health care support workers in BC. The British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU), the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union (UFCW) and the Health Sciences Association (HSA) represent the employees in the Community subsector.

Employees provide support services in various community settings including private homes, 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 BC.

Community health workers make up the largest classification group in this subsector. Community health workers are employed to provide home support services through contracted agencies and directly for the province's health authorities.

Status

Following 11 months of bargaining, HEABC and the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have reached a tentative agreement for a new collective agreement that supports the government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in BC’s public sector, maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and support the province’s efforts to find operational efficiencies that preserve front-line services. Both parties will now take the details of the tentative agreement back to their members for a ratification vote to ensure broad-based support. The current Collective Agreement expired on March 31, 2025; however, the terms and conditions of the current collective agreement remain in effect until the parties ratify a new collective agreement.