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HEU calls the move “provocative and destabilizing,” urges province to put the brakes on contracting out, rebuild trust with front-line health workers The B.C. Liberals are being urged to take dramatic steps to rebuild trust with front-line health care …

47 per cent give government “poor” health rating; 58 per cent oppose P3 hospitals; 60 per cent doubt health service quality can be maintained by private contractors The B.C. Liberals’ performance on health care is rated as poor by 47 per cent of British …

Justification for secrecy a “stunning disregard” for the law, says Justice B.C.’s secretive health authorities will now have to meet in public and only move behind closed doors in “limited circumstances” as a result of a B.C. Supreme Court ruling handed …

Community of Revelstoke wins one year extension on closure of long-term care facility Residents of Revelstoke’s Moberly Manor can unpack their suitcases — at least for a few more months — thanks to a high profile campaign waged against the long-term care …

Where: Grassy knoll in front of Children’s Hospital on Oak Street When: March 14, 11 am - 1 pm Speaker: HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt to speak at 11:30 am Refreshments While health care union negotiators and employers caucus through the …

VIHA urged to protect quality services and jobs In a bid to protect quality services, save jobs and ward off further privatization in B.C.’s public health care system, unionized workers tabled a proposal with the Vancouver Island Health Authority today …

Victoria, employers urged to reconsider in best interests of patients The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) says it’s deeply disappointed that government and health employers have cancelled face-to-face talks set for Feb.14 aimed at finding alternatives to …

Vancouver nursing home operator had pressured workers to decertify or join `Christian’ union to keep their jobs Just days after the Labour Relations Board ruled that the operator of a Vancouver long-term care home had engaged in unfair labour practices, …

HEU asks privacy commissioner to force health authority to make public details of private laundry contract Forty-seven laundry workers at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver are being issued pink slips in the second round of privatization-related lay …

Care aides, LPNs and activity aides latest victims of provincial government’s Bill 29, says HEU For the second time in less than a month, a Lower Mainland seniors’ facility is using the provisions of the B.C. Liberals’ contract-breaking legislation to lay …