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A construction accident that caused major water damage to the hospital’s emergency room and to patient records could have been avoided if hospital managers had used their own employees to do the work, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The union says …

How to become a Licensed Practical Nurse in B.C. In the midst of B.C.’s ongoing nursing shortage, the Hospital Employees’ Union has produced a new publication for health care workers and others who are thinking about a career in nursing or who want to …

But 81 per cent of public don’t think there’s been adequate consultation on project’s impact on Medicare poll The B.C. Liberal government is set to announce later today that it will embark on a global search for private investors to back a major hospital …

The third CEO recruited to head the Fraser Health Authority in as many months banked a $330,000 severance deal from B.C. taxpayers just six years ago and is a director of a private health care company that makes most of its money from sales to government, …

Printer Friendly Version Health unions representing 43,000 workers in hospitals and long-term care facilities across B.C. will hold a news conference to announce their next move in their efforts to reach a new collective agreement. What: News conference …

Printer Friendly Version Employees of a French corporation that’s under contract to provide patient food services in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority have voted 90 per cent in favour of joining the Hospital Employees’ Union. As a result, nearly 800 …

The Interior Health Authority is disciplining employees who voice their concerns in public about the closure and privatization of seniors care facilities, and has threatened termination if there are any “further infractions.” In Williams Lake the Hospital …

Front-line health care workers at Children’s and Women’s Hospital will raise the alarm about the planned lay off of thousands of women on health care’s front lines at a rally to be held at noon today at the corner of 29th Avenue and Oak Street in …

By forestalling inevitable release of contract details, Fraser Health Authority not acting in public interest — HEU B.C.’s health services minister Colin Hansen must force the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) to release details of contracts its signed with …

An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare begins a nine-day tour of B.C. today and Duncan is one of the first stops. The ambulance is staffed by health care workers and sports a visually striking paint job calling attention …