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As B.C.’s health authorities finalize their plans to lay off thousands of health care workers, Hospital Employees’ Union members will gather outside many hospitals and long-term care facilities on Thursday to raise the alarm about the impact of these …

A weekend poll released today by the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) show rising public opposition to the privatization of hospital services and overwhelming support for direct negotiations between health care unions, employers and government to find …

Employees of the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS), which delivers a unique range of primary outreach services to youth in Vancouver’s inner city, have voted to join the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). Although the vote was held …

The B.C. government’s plans to privatize health care support services will turn back the clock on women’s wages to levels unseen since the late 1960s and put patient care at risk, according to a new study by Simon Fraser University economist Marjorie …

HEU demands immediate release of IHA’s review into the fate of 32 hospitals The Interior Health Authority will slash $56 million from direct services to patients and residents, according to a secret government briefing document released to the media …

And Campbell’s prime time attack on health care workers won’t help, says union In what should serve as a stinging reality check for the Liberal government, British Columbians say by an overwhelming majority that they don’t trust Premier Campbell to …

HEU renews calls to health authority to publicly release the private contract The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is renewing calls for the release of a lucrative laundry contract between the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and U.S.-controlled K-Bro …

Unions representing 46,000 front-line health care workers say they’ve achieved a tentative framework agreement with government that mitigates the impact of contracting out on union members and the public. “In exchange for forgone wage and pay equity …

Media conference set for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Plaza 500 Hotel Unions representing 46,000 health care workers will make a major announcement at a media conference later this morning. They’ll release details about the status of talks with government about …

A new collective agreement covering workers at a private, for-profit seniors’ care facility in Richmond provides among the most competitive wages in the field and will help attract and retain skilled, experienced health workers, says the Hospital …