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Uncensored version of consultant’s report reveals cooked numbers, says HEU The censored information contained in a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report released yesterday indicates that a privately built and operated hospital in Abbotsford will cost taxpayers …

BC Nurses' Union/Hospital Employees' Union Joint News Release Patients were put at serious risk because of restructuring forced on the Fraser Health Authority by the tight fiscal mandate imposed on health care by the Campbell government Printer Friendly …

Health care unions file employment standards charge Health employers are disregarding even minimum employment standards as they prepare to fire hundreds of front-line workers, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). And the union has filed a complaint …

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After review by Premier’s office, health services ministry buries slender 53-page privatization library The Gordon Campbell government won’t release the scant documentation it’s generated to support the wholesale privatization of health services, says …

Amid reports this week that surgery waitlists have grown by more than 20 per cent since the provincial election, the B.C. Health Coalition today released a document that suggests Victoria is actively pursuing plans to privatize publicly insured surgical …

Campbell Liberals outlawed union-management committees The Campbell Liberals recent health policies directly contradict claims made yesterday by health services minister Colin Hansen, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). Responding to a secret …

Increased wait lists, risks to patient safety and half billion dollars more in cost shifting revealed in briefing notes obtained by HEU Secret budget documents obtained by the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) and released today outline the Campbell …

`Super czars’ will make critical decisions about future of Medicare behind closed doors The Campbell government’s move to radically reduce the number of health boards and councils to six mega regions is misguided and won’t address problems of system …

A plan to ship more than 4 million pounds of hospital laundry and dozens of Fraser Valley jobs to Alberta is economically damaging, risky and raises serious doubts about whether health authorities are practicing due diligence in the awarding of lucrative …