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Vancouver-East MP Libby Davies will join seniors, health workers and community activists at a noon rally to save Cooper Place, a long-term care facility slated for closure, located in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown eastside. The forced relocation of …

Health authority set to dump crucial in-house protection services to cut costs Hospital staff, other health care workers and concerned groups and individuals will be gathering for a rally in front of St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, at noon …

Union will announce immediate legal action to counter deceitful and dishonourable government claims that contracts are `sweetheart’ deals The Hospital Employees’ Union will today formally respond to legislation introduced Friday by the Campbell government …

The Hospital Employees’ Union is sounding the alarm over a plan by the Fraser Health Authority to turn over the cleaning of special care nurseries and operating rooms to low wage private contractors. The FHA took a first step yesterday towards privatizing …

Premier Gordon Campbell’s televised statement Wednesday night sends confusing and conflicting signals to British Columbians, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). “Tuesday’s throne speech called for new cooperative relationships in health care,” says …

Vulnerable seniors with complex health care problems need more staff not less A Fraser Health Authority document obtained by health care unions proposes cutting corners on seniors’ care at five long-term care facilities by replacing Registered Nurses with …

BC Health Coalition News Release Medicare advocates are calling on the B.C. government and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority to hold immediate public hearings into their scheme to privatize the financing and operation of a new ambulatory care centre …

The Campbell Liberals’ plan to divert scarce housing dollars to underwrite a radically stripped down version of seniors’ care will put this province on the brink of a public health disaster, warns a coalition of seniors, housing groups and front-line …

Dozens of health care workers and their supporters have established a blockade at a Chilliwack industrial park to prevent the shipment of hospital laundry and local jobs to Calgary. The contingent arrived at the Legacy Industrial Park at 6333 Unsworth …

Move will tarnish region’s Olympic image — HEU The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has taken the first step towards total privatization of housekeeping and operating room cleaning in hospitals and long-term care facilities from Whistler to Richmond. …