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Employer's efforts to keep five security guards out of the union appear to override dignity and respect due to deceased and their families Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody has directed nursing staff to leave dead patients lying in the wards overnight, …

Printer Friendly Version The Campbell Liberal government’s appointees to B.C.’s six health authority boards pocketed more than $2.2 million in fees and expenses during the last two years. According to documents recently filed by the health authorities …

Printer Friendly Version Health Minister George Abbott must clarify with B.C.’s health authorities that health care workers are both “welcome and encouraged” to participate in the ongoing “Conversation on Health” launched by the government two weeks ago. …

A joint release from the BC Health Coalition and the Seniors' Network BC [Vancouver] - A “just say no” kit is now available to B.C. seniors facing uncertainty about their future in long-term care facilities. The kit includes “notice of no consent” forms …

Printer Friendly Version HEU members working at the Skidegate Health Centre on Haida Gwaii have ratified a new collective agreement that improves their wages and reflects a more cooperative working relationship between the union and the Skidegate Band …

HEU has launched another 30-second spot in our province-wide TV ad campaign against privatization. Called One Mistake, the ad looks at the role of skilled, experienced health care support workers—an important part of the patient care team—whose jobs are …

But union alarmed Campbell Liberals will block community input into final decision that could result in Canada’s first privately owned, operated hospital It took months of pressure and a Freedom of Information request, but the Hospital Employees’ Union …

Airing in February, 2003, "Why Care?" asks viewers whether the loss of thousands of skilled, experienced workers will make the care you and your family receive better or worse. Watch the HEU TV ad "Why Care?" (requires software that can play .mpg files …

Airing in February, 2003, "What's wrong?" tells the story of the privatization of hospital laundry in the Fraser Valley. Barely two months in to a ten-year contract, the U.S.-owned, Alberta-based laundry contractor was caught red-handed washing birthing …

Here’s some links to some other groups that are at the forefront of the fight to preserve health care and other public services in B.C. (and have web sites): Health Care and Community Social Services B.C.Government and Services Employees’ Union B.C. …