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Printer Friendly Version WorkSafeBC (WCB) has re-issued five orders against Compass Group, after follow-up inspections at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) revealed the British corporation failed to comply with earlier citations. According to the …

Printer Friendly Version Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union Terrace local will join in a province-wide “Stand for Housing” rally from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 29 to call attention to the growing issue of homelessness in their …

Now available on line: The Friends of Medicare press conference The British Invasion health care forum with UK Doctor Jacky Davis and B.C. political commentator Will McMartin Printer Friendly Version The BC Health Coalition, along with Canadian Doctors …

As the provincial government prepares for the final sessions of its "Conversation on Health” this weekend in Vancouver, participants from 14 of the public forums held across the province during the past six months joined with the BC Health Coalition to …

Printer Friendly Version Approximately 2,400 hospital housekeepers and dietary workers, employed in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health authorities, sent a clear message to Aramark and Sodexo by returning strong strike votes during the past two …

Printer Friendly Version Today’s budget update confirms that health authorities will be forced to proceed with more than $300 million in cuts to surgeries, seniors’ programs, diagnostic and pharmacy services, residential care, health records, mental …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union is urging the provincial government to take concrete steps that demonstrate it hasn’t already determined the outcome of its year-long “Conversation on Health Care.” A poll released by the union at its …

Printer Friendly Version The Campbell Liberals’ 2009 budget means B.C.’s health authorities will continue to struggle to provide health services to communities across the province. HEU secretary-business manager Judy Darcy says that if British Columbians …

Printer Friendly Version Health authorities will be hard-pressed to deliver services to the public at current levels despite increases to health funding, says B.C.’s largest health care union. Today’s health ministry budget increases regional …

Printer Friendly Version Seven of British Columbia’s largest unions, along with the B.C. Federation of Labour, have decided to launch a legal challenge against Bill 42. The unions have retained lawyers Joseph Arvay, Q.C. and Leo McGrady, Q.C. to handle …