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Union will announce immediate legal action to counter deceitful and dishonourable government claims that contracts are `sweetheart’ deals The Hospital Employees’ Union will today formally respond to legislation introduced Friday by the Campbell government …

The Hospital Employees’ Union is sounding the alarm over a plan by the Fraser Health Authority to turn over the cleaning of special care nurseries and operating rooms to low wage private contractors. The FHA took a first step yesterday towards privatizing …

Premier Gordon Campbell’s televised statement Wednesday night sends confusing and conflicting signals to British Columbians, says the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). “Tuesday’s throne speech called for new cooperative relationships in health care,” says …

Vulnerable seniors with complex health care problems need more staff not less A Fraser Health Authority document obtained by health care unions proposes cutting corners on seniors’ care at five long-term care facilities by replacing Registered Nurses with …

BC Health Coalition News Release Medicare advocates are calling on the B.C. government and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority to hold immediate public hearings into their scheme to privatize the financing and operation of a new ambulatory care centre …

The Campbell Liberals’ plan to divert scarce housing dollars to underwrite a radically stripped down version of seniors’ care will put this province on the brink of a public health disaster, warns a coalition of seniors, housing groups and front-line …

Dozens of health care workers and their supporters have established a blockade at a Chilliwack industrial park to prevent the shipment of hospital laundry and local jobs to Calgary. The contingent arrived at the Legacy Industrial Park at 6333 Unsworth …

Move will tarnish region’s Olympic image — HEU The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has taken the first step towards total privatization of housekeeping and operating room cleaning in hospitals and long-term care facilities from Whistler to Richmond. …

The Romanow report’s rejection of for-profit health care delivery is a message that Gordon Campbell’s Liberals must not ignore, says B.C.’s largest health care union. Health care commissioner Roy Romanow today made recommendations that would end …

Vital infusion of health care funding shouldn’t be delayed by Liberal’s re-election strategy or leadership intrigues, says HEU VANCOUVER—On the eve of a crucial federal/provincial health ministers meeting, the Hospital Employees’ Union is calling on Prime …