Our Work Matters: Occupational and Wage Policy Conferences 2009
Occupational Conferences
Most people aren’t aware of the vital and diverse nature of HEU members’ work – in almost 300 different job classifications – to provide patients, residents and clients with the best health care services possible under challenging circumstances.That’s why in the fall of 2005, HEU launched the successful Our Work Matters! campaign to educate not only employers, politicians and the public, but also each other about the valuable contribution HEU members make to B.C.’s health care system every single day.
The seven occupational and sectoral conferences, which involved hundreds of HEU members, were followed by cross-occupational lobby teams meeting face-to-face with most provincial MLAs to carry the message further about their wide-ranging work.
Bargaining preparations
In preparation for our next round of bargaining, the union has organized another series of sectoral and occupational conferences under the theme Our Work Matters!
These two-day conferences are an opportunity for
members across the province to network, identify bargaining issues and
priorities, and discuss issues specific to their occupational grouping.
The HEU Provincial Executive will submit bargaining priorities from each Occupational Conference to the Wage Policy Conference. This is in addition to bargaining demands submitted by locals.
Conference dates:
- Community
Social Services: June 3 and 4 (newsletter)
- Support: September 9 and 10
- Trades & Maintenance: September 15 and 16
- Clerical: September 17 and 18
- Patient Care Technical: September 22 and 23
- Patient Care: September 24 and 25
- Community Health: October 14 and 15
- Wage Policy Conference: November 3
and 4 (Richmond)
Additional information:
Occupational Conference participant credentials (application form) must be received by the HEU Provincial Office, 5000 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5J 5M3, or fax: 604-739-1510, on July 10 at 5:00 p.m.- Direct mail sent to facilities subsector members
- Our Work Matters! meeting poster
- Information on How
to write a bargaining demand
- Deadline for Wage Policy credentials: August 5 at 5:00 p.m. (Provincial Office)
- Deadline for bargaining demands:
Friday, September 4 at 5:00 p.m. (Provincial Office)
