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Tough sanctions being sought against rogue IWA local that signed the deal The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is stepping up its efforts at the Labour Relations Board to challenge a cozy deal between a giant private health care multinational and a rogue …

Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and CUPE national president Judy Darcy to address delegates More than 600 health care workers from across B.C. will gather in Richmond next week for the biennial convention of the 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union. The …

Union asks B.C. Liberal leader to apologize for caucus member’s "demeaning and insulting" comment The Hospital Employees’ Union is asking B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell to apologize to housekeeping staff in Kamloops and across the province after one …

Printer Friendly Version And 2 out of 3 believe high demand health occupations should be exempt from legislated wage cuts to avoid recruitment and retention crisis Nearly two months after this spring’s health care job action, British Columbians are …

Arbitrator Allan Hope Q.C. released his long-awaited decision in the case of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital worker Vicki Bertram, and it is not good news for the union activist nor the Hospital Employees' Union. In the recommendation, Hope upholds …

Printer Friendly Version Three organizations including the Hospital Employees’ Union/CUPE will be hosting the B.C. leg of a national tour on the state of seniors’ residential care in Canada with free public forums on Tuesday, January 19 in Burnaby, …

Printer Friendly Version In a report released today, the province’s best-known forensic accountant says that the B.C. Auditor General’s office should play a more active and direct role in assessing whether taxpayers are getting value for money from …

And in a province-wide radio ad campaign on-air starting December 27, HEU talks about the varied and essential roles its members play delivering care to British Columbians. Bargaining for 40,000 HEU members begins in early 2006, and the union says it's …

British Columbians support long-term solutions not short-term fixes to rural physician supply problem As more B.C. communities brace themselves for work withdrawals by physicians, new polling numbers released today by the Hospital Employees' Union …

More than 40,000 health care workers receive back pay today covering four years of overdue pay equity adjustments It’s a red letter day for more than 40,000 front-line health care workers in B.C.’s hospitals and long-term care facilities who are receiving …