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BC Seniors Network and BC Health Coalition News Release Seniors, health advocates launch toll-free hotline to document seniors’ care issues — 1-877-600-1180 Seniors’ groups and health advocates are asking the B.C. Ombudsman to investigate whether the …

Decision made without proper consultation on rehab services, says union A decision by the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board to close a major rehabilitation hospital must be reversed, says B.C.'s largest health care union. The Hospital Employees' Union has …

HEU votes 92 per cent in favour of historic collective agreement Community social services workers, members of the Hospital Employees' Union, have ratified a new collective agreement by a margin of 92 per cent. The five-year contract provides substantial …

HEU's community social services sector has a new collective agreement Nine days after the Hospital Employees' Union's community social services workers voted 92 per cent to ratify the tentative agreement that HEU and other unions reached with the …

Document links at bottom of this page The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) today released the detailed blueprint for health service reductions, staffing cuts, bed closures and support services privatization for the Provincial Health Services Authority …

The Hospital Employees' Union says the NDP's Public Sector Pension Plan Act represents a long overdue reform of B.C.'s public sector pensions providing workers with an equal say in the management of their pension funds. The proposed act consolidates and …

The Hospital Employees' Union says the recent hospital bed crisis that has put extreme pressure on emergency departments, forced patient diversions and resulted in cancelled surgical procedures highlights the need for a long range plan to improve seniors' …

But unions respond to attack on pay equity for 46,000 hospital and long-term care workers by issuing strike notice Unions representing health services and support workers reached a tentative agreement early this morning with health employers on a new …

In a province-wide ballot, members of the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) have voted overwhelmingly to support a comprehensive action plan that calls for a variety of measures — including political protest job action — to fight the Campbell government’s …

Printer Friendly Version While B.C.’s health employers are at the bargaining table seeking massive contract concessions from health care workers, a new poll shows that nearly seven out of ten British Columbians (68.9 per cent) believe that wage and other …