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The Campbell government has broken another contract, unions in the community social services sector charged today. “This government appears determined to take money out of the pockets of low-paid workers, and does not hesitate to break contracts to do …

B.C. Federation of Labour to file objection with the Competition Bureau The final act of betrayal on BC Rail has been played out, says B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair, with the Nov. 25 announcement of the pending sale of BC Rail to CN. …

Move will only promote instability The Liberal government should be promoting stability in health care rather than pushing through legislation that undermines collective bargaining and imposes contracts on health care workers says B.C.’s biggest health …

BCHC NEWS RELEASE A provincial Medicare advocacy group is calling on the auditor general to investigate a $1.37 million consulting tab racked up by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority for advice on how to cut services. And the BC Health Coalition is …

Click here for Hansard debate and live webcast. Printer Friendly Version Legislation introduced today by the Gordon Campbell government that would impose massive wage rollbacks on 43,000 hospital and long-term care staff while allowing for the continued …

Community Social Services Union Bargaining Association Unnecessary confrontation and chaos for vulnerable children and adults will be the inevitable result if employers succeed in a surprising and heavy-handed attempt to strip community social service …

With bid support dipping, majority of British Columbians say they’d feel more comfortable backing games if Victoria stopped health, education cuts New polling data released today shows that backing for the Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympic bid is dipping, …

63 % say wages should reflect role in ensuring patient safety British Columbians aren’t buying the argument that hospital laundry and cleaning staff should be paid the same as those doing similar sounding jobs in hotels, according to a poll released today …

Fired workers to leaflet family meeting at Sunset Lodge, Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. The Salvation Army has rejected an overture from fired workers at a Victoria long-term care facility it operates that would help balance the books, says the Hospital Employees’ …

More than 800 skilled, experienced staff to lose jobs Today’s announcement by the Fraser Health Authority that it will contract out critical cleaning services to the French corporation Sodexho is bad news for patients and for the more than 800 front-line …