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Conflict Commissioner asked to review actions of Burquitlam MLA and potential $30,000 benefit in special health authority deal The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is asking provincial Conflict of Interest Commissioner H.A.D. Oliver to review the conduct …

Food service contract yanked from U.S. corporation, will be brought in-house Jan. 1 In a cost-cutting move, St. Paul’s Hospital will end its food and housekeeping management contract with multi-national food giant Marriott and bring the functions back …

Unions’ chief bargainer, B.C. Federation of Labour president address Vancouver Hospital workers at 12:30 p.m. Thousands of health care workers throughout the province will be walking off-the-job for two-hours today at more than 30 facilities where their …

The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is welcoming a new agreement that will give Saint Mary’s Hospital a significant lifeline, while cautioning that the new business plan could erode the hospital’s public healthcare services over the longer term. …

Leafletting session, Thursday, March 27, 3:00 p.m.; Royal Jubilee Hospital As the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) moves forward with its aggressive privatization agenda, health care workers are taking their message — that contracting out doesn’t …

Click here for “Transparent” version now available at www.heu.org Citing the public interest, B.C.’s largest health care union has asked the provincial information and privacy commissioner to order the Fraser Health Authority to release the full …

Vancouver Police Board, September 17, 3:30 pm Vancouver Council City Services & Budget Committee, September 18, 9:30 am Mounting anxieties about the impending privatization of security services at Vancouver’s two largest hospitals have prompted a …

As B.C.’s health authorities finalize their plans to lay off thousands of health care workers, Hospital Employees’ Union members will gather outside many hospitals and long-term care facilities on Thursday to raise the alarm about the impact of these …

A weekend poll released today by the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) show rising public opposition to the privatization of hospital services and overwhelming support for direct negotiations between health care unions, employers and government to find …

Employees of the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS), which delivers a unique range of primary outreach services to youth in Vancouver’s inner city, have voted to join the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). Although the vote was held …