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The HEU Provincial Executive has decided that the 2021 convention scheduled for November 1—5 will be held virtually, using an online platform, so that delegates can participate remotely instead of travelling to Vancouver. While there are positive signs …

The Health Employers Association of B.C. (HEABC) has agreed to provide casual employees with up to three COVID-related paid sick days until the end of 2021. The move comes after the provincial government amended the Employment Standards Act (ESA) to …

Printer Friendly Version Nearly four out of every five British Columbians reject Premier Gordon Campbell’s position that health care layoffs should continue even though the sections of the law that enabled such actions have been struck down by the Supreme …

Printer Friendly Version A poll released today shows that there is little support in the Okanagan for the proposed privatization of maintenance and housekeeping services at local hospitals as part of building expansion plans. In a Viewpoints …

Printer Friendly Version Compass Group employees working in Vancouver Island Health Authority facilities have backed their bargaining team’s effort to reach a first contract with a 96 per cent strike mandate. The Hospital Employees’ Union says it will now …

  Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union is calling on the provincial government to protect seniors and reverse a decision by Retirement Concepts to reduce care levels at the Dufferin Care Centre in Coquitlam, and put the company’s …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union launched a new TV ad today to draw attention to the crisis facing seniors’ care in British Columbia. The ad recounts the barriers facing families as they struggle to obtain quality long-term care for …

Printer Friendly Version B.C.’s Health Minister George Abbott should take immediate steps to stop health authorities from raising drug costs for residents of long-term care homes, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The chief operating officer of the …

Printer Friendly Version 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. The overall number of residential care …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union is calling on B.C.’s health minister to investigate a recent flood of termination notices – issued to staff at several publicly-funded long-term care homes – to determine the impact on seniors’ care. …