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Cuts `will put lifesaving drugs beyond the reach of many British Columbians’ The Campbell government’s blueprint for deep cuts in the provincial Pharmacare program—which was leaked late yesterday—represents another broken promise that will have dramatic …

Union questions role of multinational consulting firm advising Fraser Valley Health Region In a letter sent this morning, the Hospital Employees’ Union is asking Auditor General Wayne K. Strelioff to review the role of multinational consulting firm Price …

BACKGROUNDER This document provides background and outlines the course of recent moves by IWA Local 3567 that amount to an outright assault on health care workers and their unions. At the centre of the controversy are two applications by this IWA local to …

Nurses, health science professionals and other health care providers from Vancouver General Hospital, G.F. Strong, UBC Hospital and the Cancer Agency will lead a protest march and rally through the streets of downtown Vancouver tomorrow, February 2. …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has donated $150,000 to six hospital foundations in lieu of paying that amount in a fine imposed after the B.C. Supreme Court found the union guilty of civil contempt of a court-filed back-to-work …

HEU files sweeping FOI request to shed light on government dealings with U.S. HMOs to own, operate B.C. hospitals Days after the Liberal government adopted draconian contract-breaking legislation, the Hospital Employees’ Union today issued a sweeping …

Poll also shows provincial government’s health care performance ratings near lowest levels in a decade Seven out of every ten British Columbians reject claims by the province’s health authorities that they can maintain high quality services while …

The Hospital Employees’ Union says it’s “unconscionable” that health employers have warned local union activists that they could be fired for their efforts to ensure that essential service staffing is in place to protect patient care in B.C. hospitals …

Cancel tender, conduct investigation, union urges Victoria The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) says health minister Colin Hansen should put a stop to a privatization tender put out by the Northern Health Authority after the union obtained a NHA document …

Premier Gordon Campbell should step back from his decision to rip up a wide range of union collective agreements, says B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, to save the province from the economic and social turmoil that would result. "We know …