Community Social Services Sector Ratifies Five-Year Collective Agreements

Community social services employers and unionized employees represented by the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) have voted in favour of ratifying new five-year collective agreements effective from April 1, 2014 until March 31, 2019.

“These agreements are a major step forward for the sector by providing much-deserved wage increases for employees that significantly close the gap with Community Health workers,” said CSSEA CEO Gentil Mateus. “More importantly, the agreements provide the sector with long-term labour stability for the next five-years, ensuring no service delivery interruptions to clients and their families.”

Overall 81 per cent of employers participated in the vote with the following per cent in favour of ratification divided by division: 

Aboriginal Services: 100 per cent
Community Living Services: 96 per cent
General Services: 99 per cent

Unionized employees represented by the CSSBA voted 63 per cent,  83 per cent and 90 per cent in favour of the Aboriginal Services, Community Living Services and General Services agreements respectively.

For more information regarding the collective agreements,please see the Summary of Changes to the 2014-2019 Collective Agreements(must be logged in to access webpage).

Next steps

CSSEA will update members on the provisions of the ratified agreements by sending an implementation guide later this week.

Visit www.cssea.bc.ca regularly for the latest information.