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Arbitrator Allan Hope Q.C. released his long-awaited decision in the case of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital worker Vicki Bertram, and it is not good news for the union activist nor the Hospital Employees' Union. In the recommendation, Hope upholds …

Printer Friendly Version Three organizations including the Hospital Employees’ Union/CUPE will be hosting the B.C. leg of a national tour on the state of seniors’ residential care in Canada with free public forums on Tuesday, January 19 in Burnaby, …

Printer Friendly Version In a report released today, the province’s best-known forensic accountant says that the B.C. Auditor General’s office should play a more active and direct role in assessing whether taxpayers are getting value for money from …

And in a province-wide radio ad campaign on-air starting December 27, HEU talks about the varied and essential roles its members play delivering care to British Columbians. Bargaining for 40,000 HEU members begins in early 2006, and the union says it's …

British Columbians support long-term solutions not short-term fixes to rural physician supply problem As more B.C. communities brace themselves for work withdrawals by physicians, new polling numbers released today by the Hospital Employees' Union …

More than 40,000 health care workers receive back pay today covering four years of overdue pay equity adjustments It’s a red letter day for more than 40,000 front-line health care workers in B.C.’s hospitals and long-term care facilities who are receiving …

B.C.’s largest health care union extended its best wishes today to the province’s new health minister, Corky Evans. The 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union says Evans is known as a strong advocate of public medicare and a supporter of better …

HEU condemns government cuts to public services Today, Hospital Employees' Union members at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, in solidarity with the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union, are dressing in black as visible condemnation of the …

Ailing hospital threatened with public/private partnership replacements Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union who work at the Gorge Road Hospital will be at the Capital Health Region meeting tonight to tell the board that public/private partnerships …

Printer Friendly Version The Provincial Executive of the Hospital Employees’ Union has decided not to reappoint secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt when his term expires at the union’s biennial convention this October. In the meantime, Allnutt is on …