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Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union launched an ad campaign this week that underscores the need for the provincial government to take more direct responsibility for the performance of its hospital food service and cleaning contractors. …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has requested a meeting with B.C.’s new health minister Kevin Falcon to discuss the challenges facing the province’s health care sector and the opportunities for solutions. In a letter congratulating …

Printer Friendly Version More than 150 health care workers, members of the Hospital Employees’ Union, employed at Lodge on 4th have received lay-off notices despite presenting a proposal to the Lodge’s owner that is cost-efficient, would maintain quality …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has reached a tentative deal with the hospital contractor Compass Group for two collective agreements covering about 1,100 cleaning and dietary workers employed in the Provincial Health Services …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union today reissued 72-hour strike notice to Pro Vita, the subcontractor providing care services at Qualicum Gardens on Vancouver Island. Pro Vita is contesting the delivery method of the initial strike …

Printer Friendly Version The B.C. health minister’s hard line on balanced budgets means British Columbians will lose critical services at a time when they need them most, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. Health authorities today announced plans that …

Printer Friendly Article The Hospital Employees’ Union today issued 72-hour strike notice to Pro Vita, the subcontractor providing care services at Qualicum Gardens on Vancouver Island. As a result, about 60 care aides working at the Gardens (located on …

Printer Friendly Version [Victoria] After putting health care planning on hold for a year to have a conversation on health with citizens, the B.C. government has revealed little about its grand plans for health changes in its 2008 budget, says the …

Printer Friendly Version The provincial government invests about $8 a day in health care for individual British Columbians and the public can keep track of this investment second-by-second on a clock hosted by the Hospital Employees’ Union at …

Printer Friendly Version With the contract covering 38,000 hospital and long-term care workers set to expire March 31, health unions say there's no movement at the bargaining table from employers on job security and wages. The multi-union bargaining …