IHA gags critics, threatens termination of employees opposed to cuts
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The Interior Health Authority is disciplining employees who voice their concerns in public about the closure and privatization of seniors care facilities, and has threatened termination if there are any “further infractions.” In Williams Lake the Hospital …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
City Councillor, physicians, women’s rights advocates speak out
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Front-line health care workers at Children’s and Women’s Hospital will raise the alarm about the planned lay off of thousands of women on health care’s front lines at a rally to be held at noon today at the corner of 29th Avenue and Oak Street in …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Health minister urged to make privatization contracts public
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By forestalling inevitable release of contract details, Fraser Health Authority not acting in public interest — HEU B.C.’s health services minister Colin Hansen must force the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) to release details of contracts its signed with …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Ambulance sounds Medicare alarm in Duncan
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An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare begins a nine-day tour of B.C. today and Duncan is one of the first stops. The ambulance is staffed by health care workers and sports a visually striking paint job calling attention …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Government, health authorities liable if patients harmed by health privatization, says legal expert
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The B.C. government and its six health authorities can’t sidestep their legal responsibility to keep patients safe, and would still be held liable if patients are in any way harmed by poor infection control and cleaning practices at hospitals where health …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
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WHERE: Grassy knoll in front of Children’s Hospital on Oak Street WHEN: March 14, 11 am - 1 pm SPEAKER: HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt to speak at 11:30 am REFRESHMENTS While health care union negotiators and employers caucus through the …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Union urges Northern Health Authority to respect court ruling
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In the wake of a B.C. Supreme Court decision ordering health authorities to open their meetings to the public, the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is encouraging the Northern Health Authority to end its behind-closed-doors decision-making practice and …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
VCHA housekeeping privatization bad news for workers, patients
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It’s the largest layoff yet in Liberals’ contracting out scheme Today’s announcement by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority that 950 hospital housekeepers will lose their jobs, and the important cleaning and infection control services they perform will …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Unions intend to appeal B.C. Supreme Court judgment on contract-breaking law
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Health care unions representing nearly 100,000 front-line workers say they intend to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court judgment handed down today that dismisses their constitutional challenge to provincial contract-breaking legislation. B.C.’s health …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
More privatization on Northern Health Authority radar — HEU
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The Northern Health Authority won’t rule out the privatization of a wide range of critical health services in communities throughout northern British Columbia. The NHA, which is already seeking a private company to provide laundry services, is exploring a …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021