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For far too long, seniors in B.C.’s care homes haven’t been getting the care they deserve. The pandemic revealed that our long-term care system is fragile and under strain, and it is seniors and workers who have been paying the price. For 20 years, …

Any 2022 BC Budget Consultation – What are we advocating for? On September 30, HEU Secretary Business Manager Meena Brisard presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services about the 2022 BC Budget. Each year, the committee …

B.C.’s largest health care union is calling for more paid sick leave and an end to sub-contracting of staff in seniors’ care homes in response to B.C. Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s investigation into some of the biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in this …

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided new timelines under which staff in the long-term care and assisted living sector can receive their vaccine and continue working at their site. Workers who do not receive two doses of an approved …

This year, for the first time, September 30th will be marked as a statutory holiday - the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation . For many years, this day has been commemorated as Orange Shirt Day, based on the story of residential school survivor …

HEU and the Vancouver Island Health Authority are implementing a plan to bring hundreds of contracted out housekeeping and dietary staff back as direct employees at a number of its Victoria-area health care facilities. It represents the first of 21 …

HEU members and dependents covered by the Facilities Collective Agreement (FCA) will see a number of significant improvements to their extended health and dental plan effective January 1, 2022: Deductible Eliminated: Today your plan requires you to pay a …

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Monday that the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for long-term care and assisted living workers will be extended to the rest of health care effective October 26. Health care workers in a wide array of …

There are four ways you can vote this year. In person on Election Day Monday, September 20 In person at an Advance Voting Location from September 10 to 13 In person at an Elections Office, until 6 pm September 14 By mail, if you request a mail-in ballot …

B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer (PHO) Dr. Bonnie Henry has issued a written order confirming the requirement that workers in long-term care and assisted living to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It comes three weeks after she announced the action earlier …