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Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union will opt for straight wage reductions rather than gamble on an arbitration process that would determine which benefits to sacrifice within the total compensation cuts imposed on health care workers by …

Printer Friendly Version Chris Allnutt, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, will speak to media at 12:30 p.m. today at Vancouver General Hospital, 12th Avenue at Laurel. Allnutt will provide the union’s response to the B.C. …

Wendy Armstrong of the Consumers’ Association of Canada (Alberta Branch) tells a rally outside the Vancouver Club why health care privatization is not such a good idea, while HEU president Fred Muzin looks on. May 10, 2000 Download this photo (621 …

Printer Friendly Version A coalition of BC unions wants the Workers’ Compensation Board to mandate the province-wide use of safety needles. Each year 6,800 BC hospital workers are injured by unsafe needles and sharps. A coalition of BC unions says the …

Printer Friendly Version Care aides from Kiwanis Care Centre will be at the New Westminster council meeting tonight to talk about the dangerous trend of contracting out services to seniors in long-term care. What: New Westminster council meeting When: …

B.C. Health Coalition says Ministry of Health must determine whether private clinics result in longer than necessary wait lists at public hospitals A coalition of Medicare advocates wants the Ministry of Health to conduct an audit of surgery waiting lists …

HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt, the chief spokesperson for the union. Download this photo (440 K) …

The Hospital Employees' Union will be studying Monday's provincial budget for details on how Premier Dosanjh's government will strengthen and modernize our health care system. In particular, B.C.'s largest health care union will be watching for follow …

Community social services workers, pictured here at rally at the B.C. legislature in Victoria, walked the picket line for 11 weeks in 1999 to achieve a breakthrough collective agreement. May 23, 2000 Download this photo (609 …

Laundry workers at Vancouver General Hospital in 1945. Credit: Vancouver Public Library. 1945 Download this photo (621 K) …