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Health care workers from around Vancouver will march and rally Monday morning, May 6 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in support of the fight of residents and their caregivers to keep the seniors’ care facility open. HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt …

Statement by Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union which represents 45,000 caregivers in hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health services. “Three nights ago, Premier Ujjal Dosanjh told British …

Rollback demands, employer inaction on parity for community caregivers the last straw Angered by employer demands for rollbacks and a lack of a monetary offer for community caregivers, unions representing 60,000 health care workers in communities across …

Check Against Delivery Statement by Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union which represents 45,000 caregivers in hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health services. “Three nights ago, Premier Ujjal …

With a special province-wide strike vote now two-thirds complete, Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) members are voting overwhelmingly in support of a comprehensive action plan to protect jobs and health care services for British Columbians from attacks by …

The start of province-wide strike votes on International Women’s Day, March 8, has prompted the Health Employers Association of B.C. (HEABC) to remove some concession demands, table a counter wage offer, and acknowledge the need to address wage equality …

Medicare campaigners visit Kelowna for public meeting on Thursday evening An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare will be in Kelowna on Thursday as part of a nine day province-wide tour. The ambulance is staffed by …

HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt available for media comments on the B.C. budget after 2:30 p.m. The 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union will be watching tomorrow’s provincial budget closely to see what financial support the NDP government …

The B.C. Health Coalition is calling for an immediate investigation of private surgical clinic billing practices after learning the B.C. government was penalized by the federal government for two separate violations of the Canada Health Act in March. And …

Oppenheimer Park, 1:45 p.m., Monday, March 12 Community health workers, members of the Hospital Employees' Union, are holding a brief rally and march on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to draw attention to the gap that exists between their wages and those …