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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 …

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA). This agreement covers 17,000 workers in the sector, with nine unions, including about 1,500 …

Housekeepers working in the Teck Building at BC Women and Children’s Hospital (BCCW) are the latest group of privatized health care support workers confirmed to return to the public sector. In August 2021, the province’s health minister, Adrian Dix, …

The Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), led by the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU), has secured two separate agreements to fund a new training program for 47 Facilities’ members to become qualified medical lab assistants (MLAs). The FBA reached the …

The unwinding of single-site restrictions is moving quickly, as the Provincial Health Officer orders restricting multi-site health care workers to a single site are expected to be lifted by December 31, 2022.  Health care workers with more than one job in …

The fight currently led by education workers in Ontario is a fight that all workers should support. This week, Doug Ford’s Ontario government enacted Bill 28, which unilaterally imposed contracts on more than 55,000 CUPE employees and made it illegal for …

More than 600 delegates elected 26 Provincial Executive (PE) members at HEU’s 33rd biennial convention in Vancouver held October 16-21. HEU president Barb Nederpel and financial secretary Betty Valenzuela were re-elected to their third terms in office.  …

In a briefing with HEU, Ministry of Health officials confirmed that wage levelling for seniors’ care workers will continue after December 31, 2022. This is an important commitment as the emergency order under which wage levelling was originally authorized …