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 members and the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association (APADBA) have ratified a four-year collective agreement for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029. HEABC and APADBA entered into formal negotiations in September 2025 and reached a tentative agreement on February 26, 2026. The agreement was achieved under the under 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.