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Progress continues to be made on key collective agreement priorities after five days of negotiations this week at the facilities subsector bargaining table. HEU secretary-business manager Meena Brisard, also the spokesperson for the nine-union Facilities …

“I just love the people that I work with. It's a good environment, and I look forward to coming to work. The people around me give me hope. They push me to do better. They push me to have a better future. They just make everything better, no matter how …

“I schedule nurses, fill vacancies, process requests, and manage their rotations etc. I find the most challenging part of my job is the fact that we don't have enough nurses. The job of a scheduler is stressful, but joy can be found, and for me it is in …

Momentum is building in talks for a new facilities subsector collective agreement as health employers responded last week to a number of union proposals including health and safety, recruitment and retention, and access to job training and education. HEU …

Update from Community Social Services bargaining The community social services bargaining committee was back at the bargaining table last week. A number of significant items were worked through, including further discussions on the monetary priorities put …

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old decision that established the right to access abortion services. It’s a decision that will put lives at risk, and disproportionately impact those who are poor, racialized or …

Talks this week for a new facilities subsector collective agreement covering 58,000 health care workers across the province focused on several key health and safety provisions, union rights, vacation and special leaves.   “We’re making some headway …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – The Hospital Employees’ Union is welcoming today’s transfer of 448 privatized housekeepers and food services workers back under the employ of the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Providence Health Care (PHC). When 221 housekeepers …

The 2021 Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) Member Benefit Statements were recently issued and are available to plan members in the confidential “ My Account ” section of the MPP website .  It’s important to carefully review this statement, especially …

The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) over the last couple of days, in addition to two weeks in May, and are very close to reaching agreement on issues around mobility, overtime, and other …