HEU leadership arrested at Chilliwack laundry blockade
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Support rally set for 6:30 p.m. Friday near the protest site will go ahead The top leadership of the Hospital Employees’ Union has been arrested at a protest in Chilliwack that began last night and successfully prevented a semi-trailer from trucking dirty …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Campbell signals private hospital pay off to B.C. Liberals’ biggest financial backers
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Fraser Valley residents left in the dark about plans for Abbotsford’s MSA Hospital replacement, says HEU Premier Gordon Campbell’s announcement of B.C.’s first taxpayer-funded private hospital to an audience of construction interests last night shows that …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Information and Privacy Commissioner orders government to release documents to HEU
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For the second time in a week, the B.C. Liberal government has been ordered to release documents related to health care contract-breaking legislation passed last January. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis today ordered the Ministry of …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
MLA’s fearmongering claims ill-timed
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IHA confirms closure of two Summerland facilities In a letter to a Penticton newspaper on April 1, Okanagan-Westside MLA Rick Thorpe accused Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) members of spreading misinformation and frightening Summerland seniors with …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Newfoundland pay equity ruling bolsters B.C. unions' Bill 29 case
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Printer Friendly Version A pay equity ruling handed down today by the Supreme Court of Canada makes it clear that targeting the rights of women hospital workers is a breach of equality rights contained in Section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Health employers’ labour relations solutions are no solutions at all
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by Chris Allnutt and George Heyman Imagine the future of your health care as seen through the eyes of the Health Employers Association of B.C. A future where taxpayer-subsidized health care corporations pad profits by cutting corners on wages and on the …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Eliminating services at St. Mary’s Hospital means longer waits for surgery
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Monday's announcement by health services minister Colin Hansen that he’ll stop funding New Westminster’s St. Mary’s Hospital means B.C. patients will wait even longer for surgery. According to the health services ministry’s web site, 2,412 patients were …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Tonight’s Rally in the Valley protest in Chilliwack expected to make Premier Campbell’s day
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HEU members will be in the crowd at 6:00 p.m. at the Chilliwack Public Library Fraser Valley front-line health care providers — members of the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) — will join concerned area residents including friends, neighbours, …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Premier’s commitments to boost health care budgets, work cooperatively with unions are positive signals - HEU
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Union hopeful that Campbell’s comments on radio talk show lead to urgently needed talks The Premier’s commitment on CKNW radio this morning that new federal health funding will be added on top of B.C.’s health care budget represents a positive commitment …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
CEO’s $700,000 severance package is money meant for health care says HEU
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HEU says that the $700,000 severance package given to Pat Zanon, former CEO of the now-defunct South Fraser Valley Health Region, could have been better spent on improving public health care, especially at a time when hospitals are being threatened with …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021