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Public services gutted to finance tax cuts for the wealthy The Hospital Employees’ Union says the Liberal government’s announcement this afternoon of a three-year funding freeze in health care will have disastrous consequences for the province’s health …

Employer refuses to budge on obsolete demands HEU members who work at Lakeshore Place in Kelowna voted 74 per cent in favour of strike action today. Negotiations for a first contract for the night attendants and activity, dietary, housekeeping and laundry …

The B.C. public and Gordon Campbell's Liberals are at odds on how to control the costs of the provincial Pharmacare program, according to a Hospital Employees’ Union/McIntyre & Mustel poll released today. Last week, health services minister Colin Hansen …

Conflict Commissioner asked to review actions of Burquitlam MLA and potential $30,000 benefit in special health authority deal The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is asking provincial Conflict of Interest Commissioner H.A.D. Oliver to review the conduct …

Food service contract yanked from U.S. corporation, will be brought in-house Jan. 1 In a cost-cutting move, St. Paul’s Hospital will end its food and housekeeping management contract with multi-national food giant Marriott and bring the functions back …

Unions’ chief bargainer, B.C. Federation of Labour president address Vancouver Hospital workers at 12:30 p.m. Thousands of health care workers throughout the province will be walking off-the-job for two-hours today at more than 30 facilities where their …

The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is welcoming a new agreement that will give Saint Mary’s Hospital a significant lifeline, while cautioning that the new business plan could erode the hospital’s public healthcare services over the longer term. …

Leafletting session, Thursday, March 27, 3:00 p.m.; Royal Jubilee Hospital As the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) moves forward with its aggressive privatization agenda, health care workers are taking their message — that contracting out doesn’t …

Click here for “Transparent” version now available at www.heu.org Citing the public interest, B.C.’s largest health care union has asked the provincial information and privacy commissioner to order the Fraser Health Authority to release the full …

Vancouver Police Board, September 17, 3:30 pm Vancouver Council City Services & Budget Committee, September 18, 9:30 am Mounting anxieties about the impending privatization of security services at Vancouver’s two largest hospitals have prompted a …