Ambulance Subsector
The Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Subsector Collective Agreement covers approximately 5,790 paramedics and ambulance dispatchers in BC. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 873 represent the employees in the Ambulance subsector. These employees were previously part of the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA).
Paramedics and ambulance dispatchers are employees of BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), which is part of Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).
Status
HEABC and the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association (APADBA) 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.