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Printer Friendly Article The Hospital Employees’ Union today issued 72-hour strike notice to Pro Vita, the subcontractor providing care services at Qualicum Gardens on Vancouver Island. As a result, about 60 care aides working at the Gardens (located on …

Printer Friendly Version [Victoria] After putting health care planning on hold for a year to have a conversation on health with citizens, the B.C. government has revealed little about its grand plans for health changes in its 2008 budget, says the …

Printer Friendly Version The provincial government invests about $8 a day in health care for individual British Columbians and the public can keep track of this investment second-by-second on a clock hosted by the Hospital Employees’ Union at …

Printer Friendly Version With the contract covering 38,000 hospital and long-term care workers set to expire March 31, health unions say there's no movement at the bargaining table from employers on job security and wages. The multi-union bargaining …

Printer Friendly Version Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union from across Vancouver Island will gather in Qualicum today to oppose cuts in long-term care beds throughout the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA), and the closure of Cowichan Lodge …

Printer Friendly Version The BC Health Coalition is deeply concerned that cuts by the Fraser Health Authority to seniors’ programs, such as the Langley Seniors Resource Centre’s outreach program, will create more financial pressures, not less, in the long …

Printer Friendly Version Health care workers and seniors’ advocates are asking Ladysmith Town Council to voice its opposition to contracting out and the deterioration of seniors’ care in the Cowichan Valley. A delegation representing residents, family …

Printer Friendly Version The provincial president of the Hospital Employees’ Union Fred Muzin has decided not to seek re-election at the union’s convention this November. Muzin, 58, has held the post since 1993 and has been re-elected seven times. He …

VANCOUVER (BCFL News Release) - B.C.'s new training tax credit should reimburse an apprentice's tuition upon completion of inter-provincial certification, says B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair. The 2006 provincial budget included a $90 …

Printer Friendly Version The British corporation contracted by the Vancouver Island Health Authority to clean a number of its major hospitals and extended care facilities was issued 16 separate orders over six months in 2008 by the Workers’ Compensation …