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The B.C. government and its six health authorities can’t sidestep their legal responsibility to keep patients safe, and would still be held liable if patients are in any way harmed by poor infection control and cleaning practices at hospitals where health …

WHERE: Grassy knoll in front of Children’s Hospital on Oak Street WHEN: March 14, 11 am - 1 pm SPEAKER: HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt to speak at 11:30 am REFRESHMENTS While health care union negotiators and employers caucus through the …

In the wake of a B.C. Supreme Court decision ordering health authorities to open their meetings to the public, the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is encouraging the Northern Health Authority to end its behind-closed-doors decision-making practice and …

It’s the largest layoff yet in Liberals’ contracting out scheme Today’s announcement by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority that 950 hospital housekeepers will lose their jobs, and the important cleaning and infection control services they perform will …

Health care unions representing nearly 100,000 front-line workers say they intend to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court judgment handed down today that dismisses their constitutional challenge to provincial contract-breaking legislation. B.C.’s health …

The Northern Health Authority won’t rule out the privatization of a wide range of critical health services in communities throughout northern British Columbia. The NHA, which is already seeking a private company to provide laundry services, is exploring a …

After a year of negotiations, health workers at Lakeshore Place have ratified their first-ever collective agreement with this private for-profit assisted living facility in Kelowna. Mediator Grant McArthur helped both sides reach a final settlement that …

The 46,000 members of the Hospital Employees’ Union send solidarity greetings to the HEU and Canadian Union of Public Employees’ sisters who will be joining throngs of women as they march on Parliament Hill in Ottawa today demanding an end to women’s …

HEU secretary-business manager Judy Darcy available to media at 12:10 p.m. outside UBC Hospital Printer Friendly Version More than 1,100 health care support staff working at a number of BC health facilities will put their strike notice into effect at …

Amidst growing concerns over deteriorating standards of hospital cleanliness, the BC Nurses’ Union and Hospital Employees’ Union are urging the BC Auditor General to carry out a thorough audit of housekeeping services in four health authorities. The call …