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With 46,000 members working in all areas of the health care system – acute care hospitals, residential care facilities, community group homes, outpatient clinics and medical labs, community social services, and First Nations health agencies, the Hospital …

In her inaugural speech to convention as HEU’s secretary-business manager, Jennifer Whiteside urged delegates to build member power by fostering a culture of solidarity and inclusion. She asked, “Do we understand what different groups of workers face at …

HEU’s 30 th biennial convention kicked off Monday morning at Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, as more than 600 delegates raised their voices in song – and joined in a rousing musical program, which featured HEU member Jesse Winfrey and entertainer Ndidi …

Today, September 30, HEU will join with Canadians from coast to coast to recognize Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters. September 30 is a day to remember the atrocious treatment of more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, who were …

  HEU’s fight for better senior’s care and secure, safe employment for health care workers is ramping up with a campaign aimed at securing higher staffing levels and measures to curb unbridled privatization in the long-term care sector. Under the theme …

On September 6, the B.C. Supreme Court will begin to hear Cambie Surgeries Corporation et al v. Medical Services Commission et al .   It’s an unprecedented charter challenge that could remove the laws that ensure Canadians access to health care is based …

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As the union gears up for its 30 th Biennial Convention, held this fall at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, there’s an opportunity for HEU members to nominate their colleagues for special outstanding achievement awards. The HEU Social Justice Award First …

MoveUP will be holding information demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday this week in support of striking workers employed by the BC Nurses. Please note that this will not prevent HEU members from entering their work sites.   Rather, the purpose of the …

HEU’s 30th biennial convention – under the theme Member voices. Union power. United for action. – will be held October 30 to November 4 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. And this is a reminder that all delegate credentials, hotel accommodation …