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As health ministers across the country gather in Vancouver to discuss health care staffing shortages, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) and Sanctuary Health are urging the federal Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, to intervene and help stop the …

The fight currently led by education workers in Ontario is a fight that all workers should support. This week, Doug Ford’s Ontario government enacted Bill 28, which unilaterally imposed contracts on more than 55,000 CUPE employees and made it illegal for …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – Today, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) is celebrating the transfer of 864 privatized housekeepers and food services workers back into the public sector, under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA). Housekeepers and food …

More than 600 delegates elected 26 Provincial Executive (PE) members at HEU’s 33rd biennial convention in Vancouver held October 16-21. HEU president Barb Nederpel and financial secretary Betty Valenzuela were re-elected to their third terms in office.  …

In a briefing with HEU, Ministry of Health officials confirmed that wage levelling for seniors’ care workers will continue after December 31, 2022. This is an important commitment as the emergency order under which wage levelling was originally authorized …

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Residents of B.C. are now, more than ever, facing the devastating impacts of the worldwide climate crisis.  In 2021 alone, a summer heat dome contributed to the deaths of 619 people and wildfires razed regions in the province’s interior, most memorably …

Members of the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with B.C.’s health employers by a vote of 64 per cent. The three-year agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and covers more than …

Local governments, school boards and park boards have a big impact on you and your family. Local elections are coming up, and HEU members are encouraged to get out and vote. The people we elect make important decisions on everything from public education …

With the acceleration of price rises since the COVID pandemic, inflation has rightly become the top concern of working people in B.C. and elsewhere around the world. From traditional inflation rates of around 2% per year, inflation has surged as a result …