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Major new study to be released Wednesday says health care system wastes untapped potential of Licensed Practical Nurses, Care Aides who can help address nursing shortage The 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union will release a major new study tomorrow …

HEU supports merger of VH under health board, move will better coordinate hospital-community health services The Hospital Employees’ Union says it supports the integration of Vancouver Hospital and three other health facilities directly under the …

Real cost of tax cuts signals end to Liberal honeymoon, says HEU The Hospital Employees’ Union learned on Friday that St. Paul’s Hospital is seriously considering shutting down its entire eighth floor — a total of seventy-two beds. This is only the first …

Liberals’ business loyalties override WCB’s mandate to protect workers’ health The Hospital Employees’ Union condemns the Liberal government’s move to delay, until at least April 2002, implementation of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Environmental …

The following op-ed ran in the Vancouver Sun on September 27. There's no bigger challenge facing politicians, health-care workers and the public than the task of modernizing medicare under the pressures of fiscal restraint. But the solutions proposed in …

British Columbia Health Coalition release BURNABY — More than 700 seniors, community activists, union members and health care experts joined forces at an overflow public meeting Sunday to challenge the B.C. Liberal government’s plans to cut Pharmacare …

Union fears health and well-being of residents will be affected by threatened closure One hundred and fifty caregivers and members of the community rallied at noon Sept. 27 in front of May Bennett Home in Rutland after receiving the shocking news that …

First contract recognizes cultures, traditions of First Nations health care workers KITWANGA — A new collective agreement between unionized health care workers and the Gitxsan Health Authority (GHA) signals a growing and maturing relationship between …

Today’s economic and fiscal update foreshadows deep cuts to health care and other important public services next year in order to pay for tax cuts for high income earners and corporations, says B.C.’s largest health care union. “The finance minister is …

Union questions business case for privatization, asks Catholic hospital group to reconsider decision to contract out Providence Health Care has rejected a cost-saving proposal from its dietary workers and is negotiating a deal with a private corporation …