In our ongoing look at the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) 2025-2029 collective agreement, this month, we are spotlighting new funds dedicated to wage restoration.
The landmark multi-agreement plan continues government’s commitment to fairness and justice for Facilities members through new rounds of wage restoration.
Making progress on pay equity
- In this round, the government is committing to a multi-agreement wage restoration plan, starting with a new $60.5 million fund for additional wage restoration that will benefit all members over the 2025-2029 agreement.
- Looking beyond 2029, health employers and the government have committed to fund what is expected to be at least another $132 million for wage restoration over the following two collective agreements (approximately $57 million + $75 million).
- Taken together, the total value of all wage restoration funds over four collective agreements will exceed $218 million.
Wage restoration plan
FBA collective agreement | Agreement 1: 2022-2025 | Agreement 2: 2025-2029 | Agreement 3: Term TBD | Agreement 4: Term TBD |
Total dollar value of fund* | $15.64 million | $60.5 million | $57 million* | $75 million* |
*These dollar amounts are expressed in today’s figures. The dollar amounts for agreements three and four are approximate as they are calculated as a percentage of current compensation.
Deepening the achievements of the last round, this wage restoration plan addresses the ongoing impacts that members continue to face because of the BC Liberals’ vicious rollbacks.
To recap, in the 2022-2025 Facilities agreement, the FBA secured $26.3 million in permanent wage adjustments in recognition of the unfair 15 per cent wage cuts to members in 2004 as part of back-to-work legislation.
More highlights
Over the 2025-2029 collective agreement, the parties will determine the allocation of the following annualized, ongoing funding to provide wage adjustments:
- 2025/26: $18 million
- 2026/27: $11.2 million
- 2027/28: $19.3 million
- 2028/29: $12 million
By June 30, 2026, the parties will determine the fund allocation to make permanent adjustments on the general wage schedule, effective the first pay period after April 1, 2025, and April 1, 2026.
For the remaining two years of this agreement, the parties will meet annually, prior to February 1, to determine the allocation of the funds each year.
If you have questions about any of these provisions, please contact your HEU staff representative.