Health Sciences Association of B.C.

Health Sciences Association of B.C.: The Health Sciences Association of B.C. says 76 per cent of members have accepted the deal that was announced late last month by Finance Minister Mike de Jong, according to Huffington Post. Members will also continue to receive their current benefits until April 1, 2016, when a new, jointly-run trust will take over management of the file and VANCOUVER - The association representing more than 16,000 health care workers in British Columbia has ratified a deal that gives members a 5.5 per cent wage increase over five years and additional increases if the economy performs well. The agreement includes what's known as an economic stability dividend, which ties additional wage hikes to growth of the province's gross domestic product. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.