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Residents of B.C. are now, more than ever, facing the devastating impacts of the worldwide climate crisis.  In 2021 alone, a summer heat dome contributed to the deaths of 619 people and wildfires razed regions in the province’s interior, most memorably …

Members of the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with B.C.’s health employers by a vote of 64 per cent. The three-year agreement is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and covers more than …

Local governments, school boards and park boards have a big impact on you and your family. Local elections are coming up, and HEU members are encouraged to get out and vote. The people we elect make important decisions on everything from public education …

With the acceleration of price rises since the COVID pandemic, inflation has rightly become the top concern of working people in B.C. and elsewhere around the world. From traditional inflation rates of around 2% per year, inflation has surged as a result …

Hundreds of housekeepers and food service workers in Fraser Health public-private partnership (P3) facilities will return to the public sector as part of the tentative agreement reached between Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) and Health Employers’ …

HEU has been advised by the Health Employers’ Association of B.C. (HEABC) that September 19, 2022 will be recognized as a one-time only federal holiday, and that the relevant collective agreement provisions will apply. This applies to all public sector …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – Today, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) welcomes the transfer of 720 privatized housekeepers and food services workers back into public services, under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) and Fraser Health Authority (FHA). A …

[BURNABY, B.C.] – The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA), representing more than 60,000 hospital and long-term care workers, reached a tentative agreement late last night with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). Hospital …

This Labour Day, join family and friends in your community to proudly celebrate working people and the achievements of the labour movement. Labour Day honours what we fought for in the past, and reminds us of what we’re fighting for today. Together, we …