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To: All HEU Locals Re:  HEU Staff Union (PEA-HESU) job action The PEA-HESU representing HEU’s unionized staff served strike notice on HEU earlier this week. HEU has had productive negotiations with PEA-HESU over the last few months but we have not …

As you may know, HEU is in collective bargaining with our staff union, PEA-HESU. HEU and PEA-HESU have engaged in significant, productive negotiations over the last several months and the parties have reached agreement on a wide range of initiatives. We …

More than 4,000 workers to be brought in-house ending 20-year privatization policy that drove down wages for women and workers of colour, and fragmented the health care team [Vancouver, B.C.] Health Minister Adrian Dix today announced that privatized …

“I’m a nursing unit clerk for Critical Care (ICU and ER). When I come into work first thing in the morning, I gather up the charts that the doctors have written orders on. I transcribe all of the medications for the nurses and arrange for any testing …

Provincial Health Officer (PHO) Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a public health order on August 20 for the collection of vaccination data from residents, staff and outside service providers at long-term care (LTC) and assisted living (AL) sites across the …

(Please note that the PHO issued a significant revision to this order on October 4 including new timelines and limited grounds for requesting exemptions. As a result some of the information below is out of date. An update is available here .) (Edited on …

Wildfires in the interior of B.C. are putting communities at risk and creating significant staffing shortages in health care sites that are already stretched to the limit. In response, the Ministry of Health has re-opened the Emergency Health Provider …

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is introducing a new public health order requiring long-term care and assisted living workers to be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine by October 12 as a condition of continued employment in the sector. The …

On July 8, 2021, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced she would make a temporary amendment to the Facility Staff Assignment Order (“Single-Site Order”) that would allow fully vaccinated staff in long-term care (LTC) and assisted living …

“I work at the hospital and the care home facility as the housekeeping and laundry supervisor. I’ve been working in health care for over 20 years. Every morning since the pandemic has started I go in at 6 a.m. and start by washing the staff uniforms. I …