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“I work at one of the first long-term care facility that had COVID in Canada. We were also one of the first long-term care facility to unionize during the pandemic. Those were really difficult times for us as workers. Because it was the first outbreak …

“For the past four and a half years, I have cared for seniors and people with disabilities. I work the morning shift as a care aide in long term care in Surrey and started doing this work to give back to my community. As care aides, we bring tools to this …

“I’ve been working in health care since 1985 as a care aide, and I am on the HEU’s Indigenous People’s committee.  Union activism has given me a voice. It helps me step into my power and feel supported by other people.  I grew up on a reserve on Vancouver …

The unwinding of single-site restrictions is moving quickly, as the Provincial Health Officer orders restricting multi-site health care workers to a single site are expected to be lifted by December 31, 2022.  Health care workers with more than one job in …

As health ministers across the country gather in Vancouver to discuss health care staffing shortages, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) and Sanctuary Health are urging the federal Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, to intervene and help stop the …

The fight currently led by education workers in Ontario is a fight that all workers should support. This week, Doug Ford’s Ontario government enacted Bill 28, which unilaterally imposed contracts on more than 55,000 CUPE employees and made it illegal for …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – Today, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) is celebrating the transfer of 864 privatized housekeepers and food services workers back into the public sector, under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA). Housekeepers and food …

More than 600 delegates elected 26 Provincial Executive (PE) members at HEU’s 33rd biennial convention in Vancouver held October 16-21. HEU president Barb Nederpel and financial secretary Betty Valenzuela were re-elected to their third terms in office.  …

In a briefing with HEU, Ministry of Health officials confirmed that wage levelling for seniors’ care workers will continue after December 31, 2022. This is an important commitment as the emergency order under which wage levelling was originally authorized …