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More than 130 unionized staff to be fired but 70 per cent of their managers stay on payroll The Fraser Health Authority must make public the details of a five-year, $16.6 million contract awarded to Toronto-based multinational Intercon Security Ltd., says …

Printer Friendly Version 72-hour strike notice served on French corporation’s cleaning operations at seven Fraser Health sites including Surrey Memorial, Burnaby General, Royal Columbian and Chilliwack hospitals The Hospital Employees’ Union today issued …

Printer Friendly Version Health unions representing 43,000 hospital and long-term care workers will meet with deputy labour minister Lee Doney to explore the possibility of returning to the bargaining table with B.C.’s health employers. Hospital …

Click here for press conference webcast. Printer Friendly Version Unions will resume talks at moment’s notice if health employers table reasonable proposals and stop layoffs Health care unions representing 43,000 hospital and long-term care workers in …

Respect at the bargaining table not legislation — will resolve dispute Printer Friendly Version Health care workers are on strike at health care facilities across the province to back their fight for a fair, negotiated contract settlement that protects …

Printer Friendly Version Health unions representing 43,000 hospital and long-term care workers today issued 72-hour strike notice — which will become effective mid-day Sunday, April 25 — beginning with an overtime ban, but could expand to include picket …

Collective bargaining for 43,000 hospital and long-term care workers across B.C. has stalled over health employers’ refusal to put a hold on layoffs and contracting out during negotiations and their continued push for almost a quarter billion dollars in …

Printer Friendly Version Private hospital project may cost more than current estimates and 30-year agreement is unreasonably long, may result in extra costs to taxpayers — Lewis Auerbach The government should revise its plan to adopt a public-private …

Printer Friendly Version Unions representing more than 40,000 hospital and long-term care workers are asking B.C.’s health employers to take their current list of concession demands off the table and return with a more productive bargaining position …

Printer Friendly Version Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, will be at St. Paul’s Hospital at 10:30 a.m. to comment on deputy minister Lee Doney’s factfinding efforts as health care workers begin the fourth day of …