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Bargaining talks continue between the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) and the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) to renew a collective agreement covering more than 21,000 workers in the community health subsector from eight unions across …

Taking the next steps toward building equity and inclusion in the union were on the minds of more than 200 HEU members, facilitators and staff who gathered March 1-3 for the union’s 2022 equity conference. Participants took part in workshops, elected …

A second week of negotiations between the multi-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) included negotiations on a number of non-monetary and housekeeping items. The week concluded with FBA …

Update from the third week of Community Social Services bargaining The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) opened the third week of bargaining by recognizing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Memorial March, which …

Budget 2022: Health care system strained by COVID-19 will struggle to deliver services in face of changing demographics, increased costs [VICTORIA, B.C.] Budget 2022 commits funds for training more care aides and reversing the privatization of critical …

“I’m an activity worker in long-term care, and at the start of COVID-19 there was a lot of changes in protocols regarding long term care and family visitation. We had to adapt our jobs because the recreation programs shut down. Recreation programs changed …

The first week of negotiations for a new facilities collective agreement has wrapped up, with an agreement to return to the table next Wednesday, and more bargaining dates scheduled to continue into April. In her opening remarks , HEU’s secretary-business …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – The Hospital Employees’ Union is welcoming today’s transfer of nearly 180 privatized food service workers back to the Vancouver Island Health Authority at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals. It is the second group of workers in …

Last week, bargaining began for a new Community Social Services collective agreement. The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) committee initiated talks with the Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA) bargaining …

“It’s so easy for health care workers to forget about self-care when we’re so committed to our jobs but are overloaded. Health care workers are constantly working short, facing high workloads, and burning out. And it’s resulting in many workers having to …