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B.C. paramedics’ union considering job action after contract talks break down
Over 4,500 paramedics demand better wages, mental health support, and rural deployment after talks collapse, with strike vote planned amid staffing shortages, union says.
- On Dec. 30, 2025, the Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia warned the public of possible job action after bargaining recently failed.
- Facing staffing shortfalls, the APBC demands enhanced mental-health supports, protection against contracting out, and improved rural deployment as ambulances sit unstaffed with hundreds of vacancies, warning of member suicides this year.
- The union, which represents over 4 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers, says collective bargaining with BC Emergency Health Services began in September, and Ian Tait called talks frustrating.
- As negotiations stalled, the union is establishing essential service levels for paramedics and dispatchers while BC Emergency Health Services did not immediately respond.
- He says members will vote in the coming weeks as APBC is prepared to involve mediation and warns the provincial government to take negotiations seriously.
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B.C. paramedics union says negotiations broke down, warns of a possible strike
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Ambulance paramedics union says contract talks with B.C. government have broken down
The union representing ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in B.C. says contract negotiations with the province government have broken down, raising the possibility of job action in the months ahead. Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia (APBC) CUPE 873 says talks have been ongoing since September, but stalled before Christmas, prompting the union to begin consulting its members about next steps, including a potential strike. The union repre…
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