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Printer Friendly Version After nearly a year of bargaining, more than 700 HEU members on Vancouver Island have a first collective agreement with their British employer, Compass Group. The contract – awarded by a Labour Relations Board-appointed arbitrator …

Printer Friendly Version [Victoria] The B.C. Liberal government’s refusal to make long-term investments to support health care in the province’s growing communities undermines innovation and spells more uncertainty in the year ahead, says the Hospital …

Printer Friendly Version Government documents obtained by the BC Health Coalition expose plans to expand the contracting out of surgeries to for-profit clinics even though the “Conversation on Health” public consultation has not yet concluded. In a July …

Printer Friendly Version The provincial government today issued a list of qualified bidders for hospital projects in the Okanagan that could include firing hundreds of health care workers using legislation ruled unconstitutional by the country’s highest …

Printer Friendly Version Security guards at Prince George Regional Hospital are celebrating their first collective agreement, one that will mean a wage increase of up to 30 per cent – from $10 to $13 an hour – along with improved benefits and paid …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union is demanding that the B.C. government correct false and misleading information about care aide wages posted on a new website that seeks to recruit workers. The venture is co-sponsored by the lobby …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union launched an ad campaign this week that underscores the need for the provincial government to take more direct responsibility for the performance of its hospital food service and cleaning contractors. …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has requested a meeting with B.C.’s new health minister Kevin Falcon to discuss the challenges facing the province’s health care sector and the opportunities for solutions. In a letter congratulating …

Printer Friendly Version More than 150 health care workers, members of the Hospital Employees’ Union, employed at Lodge on 4th have received lay-off notices despite presenting a proposal to the Lodge’s owner that is cost-efficient, would maintain quality …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has reached a tentative deal with the hospital contractor Compass Group for two collective agreements covering about 1,100 cleaning and dietary workers employed in the Provincial Health Services …