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HEU locals are invited to submit quilt squares to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Over the past decade, “Red Dress” become a symbol for raising awareness about the ongoing issue of missing and murdered Indigenous …

HEU stands in solidarity with the students, faculty, and the broader community of the University of Waterloo, especially those who were targeted in a hateful attack on June 28.   Universities should be places for students to learn without fear, and where …

June is Pride Month – a time to celebrate and unite in solidarity to defend and promote the human rights of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.    Now more than ever, we need to stand up against homophobic and transphobic policies and laws that strip people of …

On May 30, HEU presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services about the 2024 BC Budget.  Each year, the committee holds province-wide consultations to seek the views of people in B.C. and presents a final report with …

Happy Pride! Here at HEU, we're celebrating pride this year by recognizing that love, identity, and expression come in all forms.  Supporting Pride events in your community is a way of showing solidarity in promoting dignity, respect and human rights …

[Updated March 31, 2023] Based on the change in the annualized average of B.C.’s cost-of-living between March 2022 and February 2023, the full inflationary adjustment negotiated in the renewed Facilities Bargaining Association’s (FBA) contract will be …

B.C.’s largest health union says the decision by Vancouver City Council, led by ABC Vancouver, to abandon its status as a living wage employer is short-sighted and disappointing.   HEU helped found B.C.’s living wage campaign in 2007 in response to the …

Hospital cafeteria workers in Fraser Health Authority are the latest group of privatized health care support workers confirmed to return to the public sector. By the early summer of 2023, nearly 100 cafeteria and retail workers at Peace Arch, Eagle Ridge, …

On Feb. 15, the Hospital Employees’ Union and the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) signed an agreement to create 38 new full-time equivalent, health authority positions in lab transportation, as part of bringing this service under the direct …

Members of the eight-union Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new collective agreement with B.C.’s health employers by a vote of more than 94 per cent. The three-year agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and covers more than …