The union representing more than 26,000 B.C. community health workers says it has reached a tentative deal with the province after the last agreement expired almost a year ago.

The BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), the biggest member of the multi-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA), says it and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) agreed after “months of negotiation.”

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The BCGEU says the last contract expired in late March, 2025, and the CBA members voted 92.3 per cent in favour of strike action to secure a fair deal.

Details of the deal have not  been released, but the union says its members fought to fix “long-standing inequities for community health workers.”

“This tentative agreement reflects the strength and solidarity members showed throughout bargaining, including a powerful strike vote, that the bargaining committee is pleased to take to the membership for ratification,” said BCGEU Vice President Scott De Long.

The affected members work in home support, shelters, supportive housing, clinics, treatment programs, mental-health group homes and regional health units.

The union says it will share a summary of the tentative agreement with its members in the coming weeks, before they are asked to vote on ratification.