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Returning in-house

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CSSW members returning in-house

Over 2021-2022, thousands of HEU members working in housekeeping and dietary services for contracted operators will be reunited with the public health care team.

Questions about returning in-house? Email return@heu.org or call 1-877-456-7194

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Go to Vancouver Coastal Health's onboarding page
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February newsletter

Thousands of contracted-out workers prepare to return in-house in 2022
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Government return in-house announcement

Read about the provincial government's announcement in August 2021 to reunite the health care team.
First group of workers returned in house

November 2021 newsletter

Read about the first sites to return in house in November 2021

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