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Immigration policy changes puts hundreds of HEU members at risk

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British Columbia’s health care system is facing deeper staffing shortages as hundreds of essential health care workers lose their path to permanent residency through the province’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Established to attract skilled workers …
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026

Getting seniors' care back on track

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The seniors’ care landscape has endured waves of change over the last 20 years, and care aide Jennifer Reitan has had a front row seat since 1997.   That’s when she left her first job at Lions Gate Hospital and moved to Castlegar, a town of 8,000 set …
Last updated: Dec 22, 2023

Temp solutions in health care fall short

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As chronic short-staffing plagues B.C.’s health care system, more employers are relying on private temporary work agencies to fill vacancies. Although acute care hospitals are using agencies to fill nursing, care aide and allied health positions, the …
Last updated: Dec 22, 2023

Substance use policy at Interior Health still a concern

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Workplace incidents involving substance use are taken seriously in health care settings.  But a punitive, one-size-fits-all policy applied by Interior Health Authority (IHA) has long been the subject of challenges by HEU. A policy grievance filed in 2014 …
Last updated: Dec 22, 2023