Testimonials from the frontline
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In B.C., the health sector injury rate is one-and-a-half times higher than all other workplaces combined. In long-term care facilities, the rate is more than four times higher. In the health care sector, care aides are injured more than any other group, …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Shaping a new political landscape
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It certainly was a provincial election like no other. Now, with a minority NDP government, supported by the Green Party, taking up the reins of power in Victoria, we are hopeful for better days ahead. And like the rest of the province’s labour movement, …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU condemns white supremacist violence and racist hate mongering
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The Hospital Employees’ Union is joining its national union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and its 650,000 members across Canada, in refusing to stay silent in the face of white supremacy, bigotry, and the racist violence it spurred in …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Members urged to stay safe as wildfire crisis continues, air quality plummets
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As B.C.’s state of emergency remains in place due to the continuing wildfire crisis, the union is expressing its deep admiration and concern for all HEU members who are dealing with the impact of the fire activity, both personally and professionally. And …
Last updated: Aug 11, 2017
HEU welcomes new members from Corrections Services
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A recently negotiated Memorandum of Agreement between the union, the Facilities Bargaining Association, the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the Health Employers Association will ensure health care workers in clerical and clinical support …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Members urged to support striking Pacific Blue Cross workers
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An ongoing labour dispute at Pacific Blue Cross has prompted CUPE Local 1816, the union representing locked out, unionized staff, to seek the support of HEU and its members. CUPE Local 1816 is asking HEU members enrolled in PBC’s benefit program to forgo …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU welcomes new premier’s picks to lead critical health files
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Premier John Horgan announced his choices for his government’s cabinet on Tuesday, picking two of B.C.’s strongest public health care advocates to head the new government’s health ministries. Horgan appointed Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix as the …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Guardian Summer 2017
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Guardian Summer 2017 …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU in solidarity with Pacific Blue Cross staff
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The Hospital Employees’ Union is supporting members of CUPE Local 1816 in their collective bargaining dispute with Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) in Burnaby. Last month, PBC staff gave their bargaining committee a 98 per cent strike mandate. On July 7, PBC …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
HEU makes Red Cross donation to support Interior wildfire relief efforts
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The Hospital Employees’ Union is making an immediate $25,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross to help in relief efforts for thousands of British Columbians impacted by the Interior wildfires. To date, about 14,000 residents in several communities have …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025