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For the second time in a week, the B.C. Liberal government has been ordered to release documents related to health care contract-breaking legislation passed last January. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis today ordered the Ministry of …

IHA confirms closure of two Summerland facilities In a letter to a Penticton newspaper on April 1, Okanagan-Westside MLA Rick Thorpe accused Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) members of spreading misinformation and frightening Summerland seniors with …

Printer Friendly Version A pay equity ruling handed down today by the Supreme Court of Canada makes it clear that targeting the rights of women hospital workers is a breach of equality rights contained in Section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights …

by Chris Allnutt and George Heyman Imagine the future of your health care as seen through the eyes of the Health Employers Association of B.C. A future where taxpayer-subsidized health care corporations pad profits by cutting corners on wages and on the …

Monday's announcement by health services minister Colin Hansen that he’ll stop funding New Westminster’s St. Mary’s Hospital means B.C. patients will wait even longer for surgery. According to the health services ministry’s web site, 2,412 patients were …

HEU members will be in the crowd at 6:00 p.m. at the Chilliwack Public Library Fraser Valley front-line health care providers — members of the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) — will join concerned area residents including friends, neighbours, …

Union hopeful that Campbell’s comments on radio talk show lead to urgently needed talks The Premier’s commitment on CKNW radio this morning that new federal health funding will be added on top of B.C.’s health care budget represents a positive commitment …

HEU says that the $700,000 severance package given to Pat Zanon, former CEO of the now-defunct South Fraser Valley Health Region, could have been better spent on improving public health care, especially at a time when hospitals are being threatened with …

HEU has made important headway in its efforts to represent employees of multinational companies providing privatized health care services after workers at a Victoria long-term care facility voted to join HEU in a ballot counted at the Labour Relations …

Union to release confidential documents that detail health employers’ privatization strategy In response to Wednesday’s flurry of privatization announcements in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) will announce its …