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Today, people around the world are recognizing the International Day for Persons with Disabilities – a day that was established by the United Nations (UN) to create awareness, understanding, and action for the legal and social rights of persons with …

For three decades, the global community has joined together on World AIDS Day – December 1 – to remember the millions of people who have died from the autoimmune disease, and to urge greater public awareness about HIV prevention. According to UNAIDS, …

Almost three decades ago, Canadians were devastated by the biggest mass killing of women in our nation’s history.  It was December 6, when a gunman entered l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, separated the female and male engineering students, and opened …

The Interior Health Authority has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the construction, financing and operation of a new patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops that will result in the contracting out of maintenance and trade staff …

Eighteen months of member actions and tough bargaining in the contracted support service workers (CSSW) sector has finally come to a successful conclusion for 4,000 HEU members. On November 24, the last remaining ratification votes were taken on Vancouver …

About 30 HEU members have wrapped up the union’s two-day Young Workers’ Conference held at Metrotown’s Holiday Express Inn on November 15 and 16. They left feeling inspired, energized and empowered after an engaging discussion with North …

For nearly 70 years, Human Rights Day has been observed by the international community on December 10. It commemorates the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as “a common standard of …

On November 20, HEU is joining with the worldwide community on Transgender Day of Remembrance to recognize and honour members of the trans community, who have been murdered or assaulted for expressing their gender choice – those living openly in a gender …

Economic Stability Dividend (ESD) provisions that were included in collective agreements covering more than 250,000 public sector workers will provide an additional 0.4 per cent wage increase in February 2018. This pay adjustment will include HEU members …