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Printer Friendly Version About 60 long-term care workers employed by U.K.-based Compass Group at two Lower Mainland long-term care homes will see their wages rise by as much as $2.32 an hour, as a result of an award issued Monday by a Labour Relations …

Day of protest blocked, but union pledges creative actions to fight Campbell's "legislative vandalism" The Hospital Employees' Union says it will abide by last night's Labour Relations Board ruling filed in Supreme Court which blocks the union's efforts …

Backgrounder (2/2) to March 27, 2008 news release Make hospital contractors pay family-supporting wages to cleaners and dietary workers - poll Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version with news release and both backgrounders About 3,500 HEU …

Huge forecast deficit fails to materialize, but red ink threat did provide backdrop for government’s cuts and privatization A detailed analysis of the most recent audited financial statements for the Interior Health Authority shows the authority diverted …

Delegates elect new provincial executive, prepare for 2001 round of collective bargaining B.C.’s largest health care union wraps up its twenty-second biennial convention today with the installment of its new provincial executive. Delegates ratified Chris …

HEU calls on health authority to implement `code of conduct’ to prevent further abuses of workers’ rights by long-term care operators The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is urging the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority to implement a code of conduct for …

The Hospital Employees’ Union says today’s announcement by social development minister Mike Farnworth of $350 million in funding to expand the NDP’s day care strategy and significantly reduce child care costs for tens of thousands of parents is a positive …

Backgrounder (1/2) to March 27, 2008 news release Make hospital contractors pay family-supporting wages to cleaners and dietary workers - poll Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version with release and both backgrounders Poll highlights Nine of …

HEU demands that Sodexho be fired The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) says it’s alarmed to find that the foreign multinational firm Sodexho hired last week by B.C.’s Northern Health Authority to revamp delivery of hospital support services is at the …

Wage and benefit improvements reflect value of health workers in long-term care Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union working at Royal City Manor, a private for-profit long-term care facility in New Westminster, have voted 93 per cent in favour of a …