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A collective agreement is a legal document, and uses its own formal language. Here are a few phrases and terms that can help members understand and write bargaining …

Today, our Secretary-Business Manager (SBM) for the past three years, Meena Brisard, announced that she is resigning from her position at HEU. Over the December break, Meena had many conversations with her family about her role as SBM and due to her …

Injured workers claiming benefits under WorkSafeBC have new rules to follow. The changes are retroactive and apply to claims made on or after January 1, 2022. What are the changes? Injured workers and their employers are now both required by the Workers …

HEU English Language Training for members …

Based on direction from delegates to the 2021 and 2022 conventions, the HEU is forming a Housing Working Group to address issues of housing precarity facing members in communities across the province. HEU is calling for applications from members who are …

How does taking a strike vote help with bargaining? The goal is to pressure the employer to get back to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair deal. For the past two rounds of bargaining with Good Samaritan, HEU members have taken strike votes to send …

  "One union, many colours!" The true measure of a union’s strength is in its diversity. HEU’s Ethnic Diversity Standing Committee has used education and action, at the workplace and within the union, to raise awareness that there is unity in diversity. …

  At HEU’s 30th biennial convention in 2016, the First Nations Standing Committee successfully put forth a constitutional amendment to change the committee’s name to the Indigenous Peoples Standing Committee to be more inclusive and accurately reflect …

  The Young Workers Standing Committee engages with young workers (aged 35 and under) to revitalize the union; raise awareness among all HEU members of youth issues; educate non-union and unemployed youth about the labour movement, social justice issues, …

  As one of the largest unions of women workers in British Columbia, HEU has a long history of fighting for the rights of women in both the workplace and in the community. Formerly called the Women’s Standing Committee, the committee’s name was changed to …