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Health care workers will mark the first anniversary of legislation that ripped up their collective agreements with a rally at the Plaza of Nations Tuesday morning in downtown Vancouver. They’ll march to the rally site from Willow Park (12th and Willow …

HEU postpones ratification votes, plans Friday rally in Victoria A last minute flip-flop by community social services employers on the agreement that ended an eleven week strike last month has led to the postponement of ratification votes by the Hospital …

Hospital Employees’ Union members at Sharondale Lodge and Sunrise Manor in Langley unanimously ratifed a new collective agreement on August 31, giving them substantial pay and benefit increases. The wage increase of approximately $5 per hour goes into …

Health minister's announcement will be hot topic at public meeting on privatization of seniors' care Tuesday evening Local Medicare advocates are optimistic that a broadening of the guidelines for building and operating new seniors' care facilities …

joint release of BCGEU, CUPE, HEU and HSA Striking community social services workers will keep up the pressure on politicians on Wednesday, March 24, with a rally beginning at 2:30 p.m. at NDP MLA Steve Orcherton's community office, 2736 Quadra Street in …

joint release of BCGEU, CUPE, HEU and HSA The three-week old job action to end wage and benefit discrimination for workers in the community social services sector escalated this morning to the Kootenays. Members of the B.C. Government and Service …

joint release of BCGEU, CUPE, HEU and HSA Community social services workers in Port Alberni will strike tomorrow, March 19, as part of the ongoing escalation of job action by 10,000 workers to end wage and benefit discrimination in the sector. Striking …

1999 budget rejects extreme fiscal measures proposed by big business Today’s provincial budget, which includes a $615 million boost to health care, reflects the value British Columbians place in their health care system, says the Hospital Employees’ …

Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees' Union, will be available for comment on the provincial budget to be tabled Tuesday. Allnutt will be available by phone (604) 880-4572 between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday …

joint release of BCGEU, CUPE, HEU and HSA Hundreds of striking community social services workers from around the Lower Mainland joined the picket lines of child care workers on strike today at the Vancouver Society of Children's Centres at Library Square …