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HEU members working in Community Social Services who are required to hold a Class 5 driver’s licence as a condition of employment will now get their $75 licence renewal fee reimbursed by their employer. Any CSS member who renewed their Class 5 licence on …

“You are smart and capable. You are going to be able to do it, but in a different way.” This is a message HEU member Kyra Sekhon expresses every day working with youth in a Victoria respite home. As a community support worker, Kyra focuses on teaching and …

HEU member Josie Whitehead is passionate about her job as a family and child care worker at Amata Transition House in Quesnel. Amata provides shelter and support to women and children, who have experienced, or are at risk of violence. Whitehead’s work – …

March is Community Social Services Awareness Month. Proclaimed each year by the B.C. government, it is a time to appreciate the extraordinary work members in this sector do for our most vulnerable citizens. But it’s also a time to recognize the huge …

As the Hospital Employees’ Union prepares for the next round of public sector negotiations, the union is hosting bargaining conferences for the facilities, community health and community social services sectors. The multi-union Community Social Services …

On March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – HEU stands with the global community in renewing our commitment to ending racism wherever, and however, it occurs. Every person is entitled to live and work without …

After nine months of relentless pressure from HEU members, the Heiltsuk Tribal Council and Heiltsuk band members, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) rescinded displacement notices on February 21 to care aides working at R.W. Large Memorial …

The NDP government has committed $20 million to hire more care aides at residential care sites with the lowest staffing levels. The funds are available immediately and will be used exclusively to create full-time care aide positions by converting casual …

The B.C.’s government’s January 8 announcement about its plans to raise the minimum wage to $15.20 an hour was welcomed by the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) and other advocates for fair wages. However, the delay in implementation will mean 500,000 …