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Recent union agreement with competitor Aramark paves way to settlement, says HEU The BC Labour Relations Board has appointed mediator Vince Ready to help settle a 51-day-old strike of health care workers against Paris-based Sodexho. The move comes after …

Laid-off staff from the Sally Ann’s Sunset Lodge want talks to preserve resident care and save jobs Health care workers from the Salvation Army’s Sunset Lodge, a long-term care facility in Victoria, will rally today outside the Sally Ann’s Burnaby …

Food service workers win meeting with Providence Health Care CEO Carl Roy A group of St. Paul’s Hospital employees have ended a sit-in at the executive offices of Providence Health Care after the Catholic hospital group’s CEO Carl Roy agreed to a meeting …

Another U.S. bid — this time for B.C. hospital records — renews fears of Patriot Act Printer Friendly Version HEU asks for review of Vancouver Coastal plan to send records south The Hospital Employees’ Union is calling on the B.C. Privacy Commissioner to …

Printer Friendly Version Employees of the French global giant Sodexho who provide housekeeping services at Abbotsford’s MSA General Hospital have voted to join the Hospital Employees’ Union. The workers voted on April 28 but the ballot box was sealed …

Printer Friendly Version The Campbell Liberals are undermining their own nursing strategy by creating a double standard marked by shoddy and arbitrary treatment of licensed practical nurses, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The union is calling on …

Notes for Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Before the last election, Gordon Campbell sold B.C. taxpayers and front-line health care workers a bill of goods. He said he'd protect health care. He said health care workers …

Printer Friendly Version Health unions are demanding that health employers back up claims that they can’t put privatization and layoffs on hold while collective bargaining takes place. Contract talks for 43,000 hospital and long-term care workers have …

Reducing injury rates in hospitals and long-term care facilities will be the main focus when health care contract talks covering 43,000 workers resume in Vancouver today. Health care unions are proposing an early renewal of funding for the jointly …

Union says action shows “lack of respect” for collective bargaining The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has announced plans to privatize its massive warehouse and distribution operations and put another 200 employees out of work just as collective …