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Justification for secrecy a “stunning disregard” for the law, says Justice B.C.’s secretive health authorities will now have to meet in public and only move behind closed doors in “limited circumstances” as a result of a B.C. Supreme Court ruling handed …

Community of Revelstoke wins one year extension on closure of long-term care facility Residents of Revelstoke’s Moberly Manor can unpack their suitcases — at least for a few more months — thanks to a high profile campaign waged against the long-term care …

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 …

VIHA urged to protect quality services and jobs In a bid to protect quality services, save jobs and ward off further privatization in B.C.’s public health care system, unionized workers tabled a proposal with the Vancouver Island Health Authority today …

Victoria, employers urged to reconsider in best interests of patients The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) says it’s deeply disappointed that government and health employers have cancelled face-to-face talks set for Feb.14 aimed at finding alternatives to …

Vancouver nursing home operator had pressured workers to decertify or join `Christian’ union to keep their jobs Just days after the Labour Relations Board ruled that the operator of a Vancouver long-term care home had engaged in unfair labour practices, …

HEU asks privacy commissioner to force health authority to make public details of private laundry contract Forty-seven laundry workers at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver are being issued pink slips in the second round of privatization-related lay …

Care aides, LPNs and activity aides latest victims of provincial government’s Bill 29, says HEU For the second time in less than a month, a Lower Mainland seniors’ facility is using the provisions of the B.C. Liberals’ contract-breaking legislation to lay …

The official responsible for Taiwan’s efforts to control the spread of SARS has issued a stark warning about the dangers of contracting out hospital staff that B.C.’s health authorities should heed, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). According to …

Willingdon Park care aides — the first health care workers delivering direct patient care to be contracted out in B.C. — are rallying against the privatization of seniors’ care at Burnaby’s Willingdon Park Hospital, June 14 at 11 a.m. The care aides, who …