Repeal of discriminatory health labour laws to help restore fairness, stability to health care, says HEU
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The 49,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union is welcoming the B.C. government’s move to repeal Gordon Campbell-era laws that stripped health care workers’ collective agreements of job security provisions and excluded them from the full protection of …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Tentative agreement reached for 44,000 hospital and long-term care workers
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[RICHMOND, B.C.] – The multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) representing nearly 44,000 hospital and long-term care workers has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the Health Employers Association of B.C. (HEABC). More than 90 per …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Hospital and long-term care workers vote to ratify three-year collective agreement
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[BURNABY, B.C.] – Nearly 44,000 health care workers represented by the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) have a new collective agreement that includes important job security, health and safety, and compensation improvements. Union …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Health care renewal on course with Budget 2019, says 50,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union
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[VICTORIA] The government’s reinvestment in better care for seniors, faster access to surgeries and building and renovating hospitals continues to be a priority in the 2019 provincial budget, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU). In the budget tabled …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Seniors, patients and health care workers to benefit from labour law changes
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B.C.’s labour minister Harry Bains today introduced a number of changes to the province’s Labour Relations Code including collective agreement protection for health care workers and others impacted by the re-tendering – or “flipping” – of service …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
HEU urges VIHA to put Nanaimo Seniors Village under administration
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[BURNABY, B.C.] – The Hospital Employees’ Union is demanding the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) put another Retirement Concepts care home under administration. The union also says that the provincial government should implement an action plan to …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Funding model for B.C. nursing homes short-changes care for seniors – report
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A new report from B.C.’s Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie finds that the province’s for-profit care home operators are pocketing big profits while shorting seniors of more than 200,000 funded care hours per year. The report also finds that under the …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Access to quality health care and affordability for families keeps B.C. on track
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Today's provincial budget supports a multi-year plan for higher staffing levels in seniors care, faster access to primary care and diagnostic testing and major investments in health care infrastructure, says the 50,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union. …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Transit cuts increase pressure on health care and other essential workers
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Workers on the front line of B.C’s pandemic response will face even longer days as a result of cuts to bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express schedules, says the 50,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union. “These service cuts mean added stress for …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Care aides at Lynn Valley Care Centre seek union representation from HEU
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Care aides at Lynn Valley Care Centre, site of B.C.’s first long-term care COVID-19 outbreak, are taking steps to join the Hospital Employees’ Union. The union filed an application at the Labour Relations Board earlier this week, after a majority of the …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021