Community, labour groups oppose private hospital deal today before health standing committee
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Staggering costs of private hospitals in U.K., lack of community input will be highlighted Today the Hospital Employees’ Union will join with other community and labour groups to oppose private hospital schemes in a presentation to Victoria’s health …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
More Sodexho cleaners join HEU
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Printer Friendly Version Poverty-level wages, heavy workloads cited as main factor as hospital workers at six additional sites vote 87 per cent to join union. Another 360 hospital cleaners working for the French corporation Sodexho have voted …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU to oppose private hospital scheme for Abbotsford at two key meetings November 7 and 8
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The Hospital Employees’ Union will be at two important meetings this week to oppose a proposed private hospital scheme to replace Abbotsford’s ageing MSA General Hospital and to urge Fraser Valley health officials and provincial politicians to build a …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Gutting Pharmacare another Liberal lie
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Cuts `will put lifesaving drugs beyond the reach of many British Columbians’ The Campbell government’s blueprint for deep cuts in the provincial Pharmacare program—which was leaked late yesterday—represents another broken promise that will have dramatic …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU calls on Auditor General to investigate potential conflict in Abbotsford private hospital scheme
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Union questions role of multinational consulting firm advising Fraser Valley Health Region In a letter sent this morning, the Hospital Employees’ Union is asking Auditor General Wayne K. Strelioff to review the role of multinational consulting firm Price …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Why is IWA Local 3567 attacking health care workers?
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BACKGROUNDER This document provides background and outlines the course of recent moves by IWA Local 3567 that amount to an outright assault on health care workers and their unions. At the centre of the controversy are two applications by this IWA local to …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Health care workers rally to defend patient care from Liberal cuts
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Nurses, health science professionals and other health care providers from Vancouver General Hospital, G.F. Strong, UBC Hospital and the Cancer Agency will lead a protest march and rally through the streets of downtown Vancouver tomorrow, February 2. …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU donates $150,000 to hospital foundations in lieu of contempt of court fine
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Printer Friendly Version The Hospital Employees’ Union has donated $150,000 to six hospital foundations in lieu of paying that amount in a fine imposed after the B.C. Supreme Court found the union guilty of civil contempt of a court-filed back-to-work …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Are the Campbell Liberals opening the doors for U.S.-based health corporations?
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HEU files sweeping FOI request to shed light on government dealings with U.S. HMOs to own, operate B.C. hospitals Days after the Liberal government adopted draconian contract-breaking legislation, the Hospital Employees’ Union today issued a sweeping …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
70 per cent reject claim that privatizing health services won’t hurt quality
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Poll also shows provincial government’s health care performance ratings near lowest levels in a decade Seven out of every ten British Columbians reject claims by the province’s health authorities that they can maintain high quality services while …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021