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Hospital Employees' Union members employed by Sodexho at a number of BC health care facilities have voted 65 per cent in favour of a contract settlement recommended by mediator Vince Ready. If those terms are also accepted by the French corporation, …

Union awaits further boosts for long-term care, home support and other progressive health reforms Today’s announcement by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh of an additional $250 million in health care funding is an important first step in a long-range plan to heal …

HEU members joined tens of thousands of protestors at the WTO talks in Seattle. November 30, 1999 Download this photo (767 K) …

Community social services workers, pictured here at rally at the B.C. legislature in Victoria, walked the picket line for 11 weeks in 1999 to achieve a breakthrough collective agreement. March 8, 1999 Download this photo (2 …

Printer Friendly Version Notes for Judy Darcy's speech in Word format The chief negotiator for the Hospital Employees’ Union says her members will be looking for significant wage increases at contract talks set to begin later this month. HEU …

Printer Friendly Version [Burnaby] The B.C. employees of Paris-based Sodexho — a company that cashed in on the privatization of public health services — will cast strike votes over the next week to back fair wage proposals covering cleaners, dietary …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has received top honours from the Canadian Association of Labour Media for its quarterly newspaper the Guardian. The HEU tabloid won the “Best Overall Publication” award for 2004 in its class of …

Printer Friendly Version The B.C. government should send a clear message to the operator of a planned members-only health clinic that he will not receive Medical Services Plan payments for services, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The call comes in …

Although the Northmount Eye Surgery Centre in North Vancouver receives a $550 “facility fee” from the North Shore Regional Health Board for each eye surgery it performs, it still relies on hospital staff to perform some of the tasks necessary for these …

Health workers encouraged by September re-vote, urge board members to keep unique seniors’ facility open Health workers at the Victoria Chinatown Care Centre have learned that the facility’s governing body, the Victoria Chinatown Care Society, will hold …