Transfer agreement reached to bring Protection Services back in-house
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The Hospital Employees’ Union recently negotiated a Labour Adjustment Transfer Agreement (LATA) with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) to bring hundreds of security officer positions back into the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA). …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Guardian: Fall 2023
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Last updated: Nov 7, 2023
Tentative agreement reached for nearly 1,100 seniors’ care workers
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[BURNABY] - Following five days of mediation, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) reached a tentative deal late on Friday, November 3 with Good Samaritan Canada for a renewed five-year collective agreement covering nearly 1,100 health care workers at …
Last updated: Nov 7, 2023
Health care workers at two long-term care homes begin one-day job action today
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[BURNABY] - This afternoon, Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) members will walk off the job for a period of six hours at two of Good Samaritan Canada’s seven long-term care work sites across the province, in an effort to reach a settlement after two years …
Last updated: Oct 20, 2023
Poll: B.C. care aides struggle to support seniors – half say they’re likely to quit
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48.5 per cent say their work experience over the last three years has made it likely they will leave their job within the next two years More than half say they don’t have time to meet residents’ care needs 82 per cent report having been victims of …
Last updated: Oct 18, 2023
Mandatory masking returns to health care settings
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Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced today that mandatory masking will return to health care settings in B.C. starting October 3. The decision was taken in response to the rise in COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections in the …
Last updated: Sep 28, 2023
Publicly funded, contract care homes double profits during pandemic
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[BURNABY] - A report issued today by B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie shows that care home operators contracted by the province’s health authorities doubled their profits between 2017/18 and 2021/22, while at the same time failing to …
Last updated: Sep 27, 2023
HEU stands against transphobic and homophobic hate
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HEU is alarmed by the recent rise of intolerance and hate directed towards transgender and 2SLGBTQIA+ people, in particular the news of hate rallies being planned across B.C. next week. Our labour movement is built on principles of equity and solidarity, …
Last updated: Sep 19, 2023
Putting a smile on the residents face makes it all worthwhile
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I have been working as a long-term care aide in the Interior for more than 20 years. We take care of the residents, making sure they are fed, bathed and their sores tended to, as well as ensure their safety. Working with residents who have heavy dementia …
Last updated: Sep 11, 2023
Interior BC wildfires
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The rapidly unfolding wildfire situation has been extremely difficult for many communities in B.C.’s interior. Our thoughts are with the thousands of households that have been evacuated as a result of wildfire activity, including many HEU members and …
Last updated: Aug 19, 2023