Health unions representing 43,000 workers in hospitals and long-term care facilities across B.C. will hold a news conference to announce their next move in their efforts to reach a new collective agreement.
What: News conference Who: Chris Allnutt, Hospital Employees’ Union secretary-business manager, chief spokesperson of the union bargaining association
Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour
Paul Moist, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
George Heyman, president of the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union
And others When: Today, April 22 12:30 p.m. Where: Empire Landmark Hotel Crystal Ballroom 1400 Robson Street, Vancouver -30- Contact: Margi Blamey, HEU communications officer, 604-785-5324 (cell)