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
HEABC members and the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a four-year collective agreement for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029. HEABC and CBA entered into formal negotiations in March 2025 and reached a tentative agreement on February 22, 2026. The tentative agreement is based on the province’s Balanced Measures Mandate for 2025 public sector bargaining. Negotiations under the Balanced Measures Mandate support 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.