News releases for 2007
December 14, 2007
The B.C. government and its health authorities announce new bureaucracy whose sweeping mandate includes centralizing a number of health services and may prompt a new wave of privatization.
November 30, 2007
HEU says it’s time for government to act on proven public solutions that will improve health care and protect British Columbians from growing pressures to pay out-of-pocket for their health care needs
November 28, 2007
BCHC news release: The B.C. government is once again poised to conclude another session of the legislature without taking action to resolve seniors’ health care concerns
November 27, 2007
B.C.’s largest health care union says that patients and seniors would benefit from comprehensive whistleblower legislation that protects health care workers from employer reprisals when they expose harmful or illegal practices.
October 25, 2007
Documents related to $650 million in health privatization deals kept under wraps; government says reports or evaluations of cost effectiveness don’t exist
October 22, 2007
New numbers released today by the BC Health Coalition show that there are fewer residential care beds in the Interior Health Authority (IHA) than when the BC Liberals were elected in 2001
October 11, 2007
HEU sounds alarm about plans by multi-national corporation to hire temporary foreign workers to clean operating rooms and feed patients
October 5, 2007
The provincial government has an historic opportunity to address the growing crisis in seniors’ and patient care by reviewing its position on contracting out
October 1, 2007
Government documents obtained by the BC Health Coalition expose plans to expand the contracting out of surgeries to for-profit clinics regardless of the outcome of the Conversation on Health.
September 26, 2007
Hospital cleaning will continue to be delivered by Interior Health employees at Vernon Jubilee and Kelowna General
September 6, 2007
Health care unions met today with representatives of the provincial government to deal with the repercussions of last June’s landmark Supreme Court decision
August 15, 2007
Security guards at Prince George Regional Hospital celebrate first collective agreement
August 2, 2007
HEU looks forward to constructive discussions with B.C. government on implications of the Supreme Court’s Bill 29 decision
July 31, 2007
New website whitewashes low wages, lack of job security created by Bill 29 and chronic contract flipping in long-term care
July 6, 2007
HEU joins BC Health Coalition rally in Downtown Vancouver to mark last public meeting of the Conversation on Health
June 27, 2007
The provincial government issues a list of qualified bidders for hospital projects in the Okanagan that could include firing hundreds of workers
June 21, 2007
In the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Bill 29, most British Columbians don’t believe that the controversial law improved patient care, according to new poll
June 19, 2007
Abbotsford nursing home operator flips subcontract for care services bringing the number of care staff laid off in six weeks to nearly 700
June 8, 2007
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that sections of Bill 29 violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
June 6, 2007
HEU calls on health minister to investigate flood of termination notices issued to long-term care workers
June 5, 2007
A poll released today shows little support for the proposed privatization of maintenance and housekeeping services in the Okanagan
May 31, 2007
450 care aides handed termination notices in largest mass firing in health care since the Campbell government’s first term in office
May 16, 2007
BCHC launches its Friends of Medicare campaign; British doctor on hand to warn of the dangers of UK-style privatization.
May 9, 2007
The operators of a seniors’ care facility in Nanaimo have cancelled their sub-contract for care services resulting in pink slips for more than 150 care aides, licensed practical nurses, recreation programmers and assisted living workers.
May 8, 2007
News Release from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the BC Health Coalition.
May 7, 2007
Bid documents released Monday open door to wholesale privatization of support services and loss of more than 300 jobs in Kelowna and Vernon
May 3, 2007
A decision by B.C. Liberal MLAs to support a 29 per cent wage increase for themselves is unacceptable when they refuse to raise the minimum wage and continue to support low-wage policies in health care, says the Hospital Employees’ Union.
March 28, 2007
After nearly a year of bargaining, more than 700 HEU members on Vancouver Island have a first collective agreement with their British employer, Compass Group.
March 22, 2007
Lack of coordination in dealing with superbugs compounded by the contracting out of hospital cleaning services, says union
February 20, 2007
The B.C. Liberal government’s refusal to make long-term investments to support health care in the province’s growing communities undermines innovation and spells more uncertainty in the year ahead, says the Hospital Employees’ Union.
February 13, 2007
HEU on Throne Speech: “Fundamental” changes to health care loom but Victoria withholds details from health conversation participants
February 8, 2007
The BC Health Coalition is calling on the provincial government to suspend plans to privatize health services during the course of its year-long Conversation on Health.
February 6, 2007
Clock at www.bchealthconversation.ca puts health spending in different context than Board of Trade, government clocks
January 31, 2007
BC Health Coalition obtains documents through FOI request that detail tensions over P3
January 25, 2007
It’s time to stop playing budget politics with British Columbians’ health care and to start putting in place proven public solutions that will improve care for patients, says the Hospital Employees’ Union.
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Tel: 604-438-5000 | Toll-free: 1-800-663-5813 | Fax: 604-739-1510 | Email: heu@heu.org