Island and Lower Mainland health support workers deliver over 98 per cent strike mandate
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[Burnaby, B.C.] Health care workers employed by the Compass Group and its subsidiary Marquise in housekeeping and food services voted over 98 per cent in favour of strike action, according to results released today by the Hospital Employees’ Union. HEU …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
No room in budget for critical health needs
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Today’s provincial budget cements B.C.’s trailing position among Canadian provinces in its support for health care, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. As a result, B.C.’s health authorities and front-line health care workers will be hard-pressed to meet …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
HEU urges de Jong to adopt comprehensive approach to health portfolio
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The Hospital Employees’ Union says B.C.’s new health minister should adopt a comprehensive approach to the challenges facing the province’s health care system. HEU secretary-business manager Judy Darcy congratulated Mike de Jong on his cabinet appointment …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
VIHA changes contractors, unleashes new round of layoffs
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The Hospital Employees’ Union has learned that the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is set to announce that it is changing its housekeeping and food services contractor at a number of its long-term care sites on the South Island. It’s a move that …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
HEU calls on health authority to audit Penticton care facility
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The Hospital Employees' Union is calling on the Interior Health Authority to audit the books of a for-profit Penticton care facility that is threatening to lay off 60 care staff and contract out their work. Wednesday afternoon, about 60 care aides, …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Tentative agreement will protect care and services at The Hamlets at Penticton
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The Hospital Employees’ Union has reached a tentative agreement with the operator of The Hamlets at Penticton which will protect continuity of care for seniors at the Duncan Avenue long-term care and assisted living facility. The agreement includes modest …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Contract ratified by 87 per cent vote by workers at The Hamlets
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Health care workers – represented by the Hospital Employees’ Union – voted 87 per cent in favour of ratifying a three-year contract with H&H Total Care Services Inc., the operator of The Hamlets at Penticton, a long-term care and assisted living facility …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Darcy to step down as HEU’s chief negotiator to seek public office
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Hospital Employees’ Union secretary-business manager Judy Darcy is stepping down from her position as the union’s chief negotiator and spokesperson, a job she’s held since 2005. She is making the move after her successful bid for the NDP nomination in New …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
HEU announces new chief negotiator
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The Hospital Employees’ Union today announced that veteran union negotiator Bonnie Pearson will succeed Judy Darcy as the union’s secretary-business manager. The appointment by the union’s Provincial Executive is effective immediately. Darcy announced …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021
Throne Speech: Clarity needed on public sector bargaining direction
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The Hospital Employees’ Union says that the government is sending mixed messages on its direction for public sector bargaining next year. HEU’s secretary-business manager Bonnie Pearson says that she’s glad to hear government state in today’s Throne …
Last updated: Jun 29, 2021