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With one week left before contracts for 60,000 health care workers expire, unions say bargaining is at a critical stage With little more than a week left before collective agreements expire for 60,000 health services and support workers, health care …

Forced relocation of Burnaby facility residents increases risk of death Burnaby’s Cascade Residence will shut its doors March 31, 2003 despite the negative impact that relocation has on nursing home residents and in the absence of any plans to accommodate …

Oppenheimer Park, 1:45 p.m., Monday, March 12 Community health workers, members of the Hospital Employees' Union, are holding a brief rally and march on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to draw attention to the gap that exists between their wages and those …

Private health care giant MDS Inc. could face some major turbulence in upcoming lab restructuring talks in B.C., after a special research investigation found the company is a major financial backer of a controversial private hospital in Calgary that …

Buoyed by strong vote results, unions say they’re determined to reach a negotiated settlement by March 31 Health care workers from across B.C. have delivered a convincing 90 per cent strike mandate to back their unions’ efforts to reach a negotiated …

HEU comments on today’s provincial budget B.C.’s largest health care union says the injection of $572 million in new operating cash will help get the province’s health care system firing on all cylinders. “This government had a choice: tax cuts or getting …

Printer Friendly Version Care aides at Qualicum Gardens have voted 81 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement with Pro Vita that provides significant wage increases and ensures a more stable care environment for resident seniors. The tentative …

Three-year contract covers 46,000 hospital and long-term care workers Front-line health care workers from hospitals and long-term care facilities across B.C. have voted 62 per cent in favour of a new three-year contract reached with health employers early …

Health services and support workers have voted 84.9 per cent to ratify a new collective agreement that ends wage discrimination against 15,000 community-based health care workers. “This new contract is a significant victory for the thousands of community …

There’s little public support for a B.C. Medical Association recommendation that individuals pay for future long-term care and home care expenses through RRSP-style savings programs, according to polling numbers released today by the Hospital Employees’ …