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Move the `most brazen attack yet on Medicare,’ will be model for all future hospital construction in B.C. The Hospital Employees’ Union today charged that without any public consultation, the Campbell government is about to finalize secret plans to build …

The Hospital Employees’ Union is applauding last night’s announcement from Victoria giving the go ahead for pilot projects for five new non-profit seniors care facilities in different regions of the province, which will create 600 new beds and reduce the …

Another group of employees of Sodexho — a French-based multinational health care contractor — have voted to join the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) to improve wages, benefits and working conditions, and gain stronger representation. The 14 new union …

Community activists angry that Sally Ann has rejected two separate proposals to deal with budget pressures The Salvation Army’s Sunset Lodge long-term care facility in Victoria is behind a picket line this afternoon, as community activists protest the …

Burnaby-Willingdon MLA John Nuraney is speaking out on behalf front-line health care workers sacked by a nursing home operator in his constituency. After meeting Wednesday afternoon with a dozen workers who have been laid off, Nuraney wrote the operators …

Fifty-two employees at Waverly of Chilliwack, a private intermediate, multi-level health care facility, are going to see a lot more money on their next pay cheques. Their benefits will also take a giant leap forward under a binding arbitration award …

Results also show that 3 of 4 British Columbians and more than half of B.C. Liberal supporters critical of government record on social policy Are families better off and their futures more secure as a result of the B.C. Liberals’ election 20 months ago? …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 20, 2003 Public underwhelmed by Campbell Liberals’ economic performance — poll Results also show that 3 of 4 British Columbians and more than half of B.C. Liberal supporters critical of government record on social policy Are …

Globe and Mail ad argues that a contract-breaking B.C. premier can’t be trusted with untied health dollars Should strings be attached to increased federal health dollars to guarantee that provincial premiers like B.C.’s Gordon Campbell actually spend the …

Printer Friendly Version Backgrounder At a campaign stop in Burnaby today, hospital housekeepers presented Gordon Campbell with 15,000 signatures calling on government and its health authorities to take responsibility for the wages and working conditions …