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On May 30, HEU presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services about the 2024 BC Budget.  Each year, the committee holds province-wide consultations to seek the views of people in B.C. and presents a final report with …

“I’m a cook at a hospital and I’ve been here for 15 years. In 2003, our work was privatized and I’m so happy that I’m now back in-house. It makes a big difference because the pay is better. But also, we’re not as afraid to raise issues. Overall, the …

“I’ve been a housekeeper for 18 years. I’m now back in-house working for the health authority.   There is a big difference in salary, and we’ve hired more people which impacts the workload. I was able to get braces for my 16-year-old daughter. We couldn’t …

The Hospital Employees’ Union has issued the following statement on the ongoing decampment of unhoused people on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) by the City of Vancouver: “The ongoing decampment of unhoused people on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside  is …

Happy Pride! Here at HEU, we're celebrating pride this year by recognizing that love, identity, and expression come in all forms.  Supporting Pride events in your community is a way of showing solidarity in promoting dignity, respect and human rights …

[Updated March 31, 2023] Based on the change in the annualized average of B.C.’s cost-of-living between March 2022 and February 2023, the full inflationary adjustment negotiated in the renewed Facilities Bargaining Association’s (FBA) contract will be …

B.C.’s largest health union says the decision by Vancouver City Council, led by ABC Vancouver, to abandon its status as a living wage employer is short-sighted and disappointing.   HEU helped found B.C.’s living wage campaign in 2007 in response to the …

Hospital cafeteria workers in Fraser Health Authority are the latest group of privatized health care support workers confirmed to return to the public sector. By the early summer of 2023, nearly 100 cafeteria and retail workers at Peace Arch, Eagle Ridge, …

On Feb. 15, the Hospital Employees’ Union and the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) signed an agreement to create 38 new full-time equivalent, health authority positions in lab transportation, as part of bringing this service under the direct …