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Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union says a new provincial government scheme that will eventually deliver 20 per cent of hospital funding through volume-based competitive pricing for selected procedures may have a negative impact on …

Alternative Federal Budget has prescription for ailing health care system A McIntyre & Mustel poll commissioned by the Hospital Employees' Union shows overwhelming support in B.C. for increased health care spending over debt reduction and tax cuts in this …

Printer Friendly Version Tentative agreement improves wages, secures workplace rights The Hospital Employees’ Union has reached a tentative first contract with ARAMARK Corporation that improves wages and guarantees other rights and protections for 700 …

The union says raising wages for B.C.’s lowest wage earners will mean a healthier population. The Hospital Employees’ Union welcomes today’s announcement by the provincial government that it will be raising the minimum wage to $7.60 on Nov. 1 this year, …

Printer Friendly Version Wages and job security will be key issues for health care unions as collective bargaining gets underway today for a new contract covering 38,000 hospital and long-term care workers. Backgrounder While most public sector workers …

Printer Friendly Version About 60 long-term care workers employed by U.K.-based Compass Group at two Lower Mainland long-term care homes will see their wages rise by as much as $2.32 an hour, as a result of an award issued Monday by a Labour Relations …

Day of protest blocked, but union pledges creative actions to fight Campbell's "legislative vandalism" The Hospital Employees' Union says it will abide by last night's Labour Relations Board ruling filed in Supreme Court which blocks the union's efforts …

Backgrounder (2/2) to March 27, 2008 news release Make hospital contractors pay family-supporting wages to cleaners and dietary workers - poll Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version with news release and both backgrounders About 3,500 HEU …

Huge forecast deficit fails to materialize, but red ink threat did provide backdrop for government’s cuts and privatization A detailed analysis of the most recent audited financial statements for the Interior Health Authority shows the authority diverted …

Delegates elect new provincial executive, prepare for 2001 round of collective bargaining B.C.’s largest health care union wraps up its twenty-second biennial convention today with the installment of its new provincial executive. Delegates ratified Chris …