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Wage and benefit improvements reflect value of health workers in long-term care Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union working at Royal City Manor, a private for-profit long-term care facility in New Westminster, have voted 93 per cent in favour of a …

Costs for access will limit public scrutiny, warns HEU The Fraser Health Authority and the Ministry of Finance want more than $4,000 for key documents about two controversial health privatization initiatives that should be easily accessible to British …

Hospital to close while health authority spends more than a million dollars in cost-cutting advice Providence Healthcare today issued lay off notices to more than 450 health care workers in preparation for the shutdown of B.C.’s only acute care hospital …

Printer Friendly Version Huge pay increases for senior government bureaucrats are outrageous, disrespectful and out of touch, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. According to information quietly posted today on the B.C. government website, deputy …

HEU care providers join seniors to “just say no” to reckless closure of care facilities Residents and their families from the North Shore’s Capilano Care Centre and Cedarview Lodge and members of the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) will visit long-term …

Victoria, school employers complicit in derailing talks, union charges The Hospital Employees' Union today condemned Premier Ujjal Dosanjh's back to work legislation that forced thousand of public school support staff to end their strike without a …

Printer Friendly Version Health Services Minister George Abbott has jumped the gun and ignored a consultation process with union representatives on the consolidation of health care services, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. The health minister issued a …

Joint release of BCGEU, CUPE, HEU and HSA Striking community social services workers, angry and frustrated at the government's refusal to end wage and benefit discrimination in the sector despite a month of escalating job action, will hold a noon-hour …

Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union says the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) must reverse its plans to close 346 long-term care beds, so that seniors who require residential care do not languish on wait lists. HEU …

BC Health Coalition members and supporters are celebrating a victory for public health care after the B.C. Automobile Association (BCAA) announced it has scrapped its plans to offer controversial private medical access insurance to its members. “Thousands …