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Note to HEU members: This is the statement to the media released earlier today by the Facilities Bargaining Association. Details of the tentative agreement will be posted to the website, and a comprehensive report and a ratification vote schedule will be …

Workers at George Derby Centre, the veterans’ residential care facility in Burnaby, have had their lay-off notices rescinded after the George Derby Care Society board of directors decided to abandon plans to contract out health support services. …

The closure of Kelowna's Crossroads Treatment Centre would leave an unacceptable gap in detox and addiction treatment services in the Okanagan, says the Hospital Employees' Union. Crossroads announced today that it would be phasing out its detox and …

On January 9, Crossroads Treatment Centre Society announced plans to phase out its detox and addiction counselling programs over the next three to six months despite high demand for those services.   That move would leave the Okanagan without any …

Community Living workers who support people with developmental disabilities at ten agencies in Victoria will be on strike Thursday, January 31. The striking workers - members of the Hospital Employees’ Union - are employed by: Becon Support Services, …

The Hospital Employees’ Union is asking B.C.’s privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham to launch an investigation into outsourced medical transcription services in the Lower Mainland, citing concerns over the privacy and accuracy of patients’ medical …

An alarming backlog in transcribing and processing medical reports in the Lower Mainland is putting patient care at risk, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The union has learned that more than 16,500 patient reports were waiting in a queue to be …

[VICTORIA, B.C.] The BC Liberals will balance their pre-election budget by making significant cuts to planned spending on front-line health care services and increasing MSP premiums, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. That means health authorities will …

[Burnaby, B.C.] Legislation introduced by the B.C. Liberal government this afternoon will limit the independence of a proposed new seniors’ advocate, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. Bill 10, the Seniors’ Advocate Act , contemplates a seniors’ advocate …

The cost of outsourcing medical transcription services in the Lower Mainland has increased by an average of 26 per cent a year over the last five years, according to financial documents produced by health authorities. Yet despite the high costs of …