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“I work as a booking clerk in an immunization clinic, and I’ve been working in health care for about 10 years. Around October is when our flu season begins, and literally, I would say the workload probably triples. It's been really challenging to balance …

“I have been a food service worker (dietary aide) for 11 years now. I serve the elderly in long-term care. As a contracted out support services worker, coming back in-house under the public authority means a lot not only to me, but to all of us. This is …

Community social services bargaining is resuming today, May 16, after a scheduled break. The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is negotiating agreements for workers in Community Living Services, General Services, and Indigenous …

After three months of negotiations during which the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) tabled more than 100 bargaining demands, the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) has finally provided initial responses to the majority of the …

“As a porter, I transport patients to different procedures, pick up charts for the clinics or their wards, and deliver blood specimens and a lot of other stuff in the hospital. While it’s challenging to keep up with getting everything under control, it is …

Brandon Houston grew up in a union household and credits his mother, an HEU care aide and activist, with providing a strong moral compass. “Being a social justice union was kind of put into the vernacular pretty early on in our family – how we feel …

Although many people think of health care being delivered in hospitals and care homes, almost 40,000 health care workers in B.C. work in community settings.  They work in group homes and day centres, addiction services and transition houses, and other …

HEU members looking to change their career path are among thousands of care aides graduating through the province’s new Health Career Access Program (HCAP). Hope Wason was a hospital housekeeper for two years, before enrolling in the program last year. …

Bargaining is underway for a renewed collective agreement for HEU members in the facilities subsector – more than two-thirds of the union’s membership. Staffing levels, health and safety, and wages are always priority issues, but they’ve been made even …

Against the backdrop of headline-grabbing staff shortages at Royal Inland Hospital and other health care facilities, health employers returned to the facilities bargaining table this week with disappointing responses to union proposals addressing the …