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From the Summer 2023 HEU Guardian “We need foreign workers. And we need them to be protected,” says an HEU local chair at a for-profit long-term care home on Vancouver Island.  She is concerned about the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers at her …

From the Summer 2023 HEU Guardian Child labour in the United States is far from a thing of the past, and experts says they’re not surprised to hear the U.S. Department of Health and the Department of Labor have seen a 69 per cent increase in companies …

From the Summer 2023 HEU Guardian When contract talks began for a new Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) collective agreement last winter, it felt like B.C. was finally coming out of the darkest days of the global pandemic. But there was a profound …

Guardian: Summer 2023 …

The Ministry of Health’s announcement to hire 320 in-house protection services officers to address violence in B.C. hospitals is welcome news for many workers and unions.  “Injuries from incidents of aggression or violence are the second largest reason …

Guardian: Winter 2022 …

Guardian: Fall 2022 …

Residents of B.C. are now, more than ever, facing the devastating impacts of the worldwide climate crisis.  In 2021 alone, a summer heat dome contributed to the deaths of 619 people and wildfires razed regions in the province’s interior, most memorably …

Guardian: Spring 2022 …

Guardian: Winter 2021 …