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Fifty-six per cent say private role should remain the same or decrease The B.C. Liberals may be contemplating a larger role for the private sector in delivering health care services, but there’s no public appetite for greater privatization according to a …

Capital funding commitment key to ensure community has real options, choices says HEU Fraser Valley residents won’t be forced to accept a privately built and owned health care facility to replace the aging MSA General, according to minister of health …

Printer Friendly Version And internal emails reveal senior health authority executives active in efforts to prevent HEU from organizing workers in privatized services The Hospital Employees’ Union claims that the French corporation Sodexho — awarded a …

People with disabilities, health care providers applaud board's decision for comprehensive, inclusive review of rehab services Four months of hard work paid off for people with disabilities, health care providers and advocacy organizations last night when …

British Columbians aren’t sold on a second round of tax cuts, according to a poll conducted for the Hospital Employees’ Union. In fact, 53 per cent of those surveyed in the McIntyre & Mustel poll agree that in order to preserve health care, education and …

More health service reductions expected in wake of Liberals’ extended funding freeze The Hospital Employees’ Union warns that confirmation from St. Paul’s Hospital that more than 60 beds will be closed by the middle of November and staff displaced, is …

Public services gutted to finance tax cuts for the wealthy The Hospital Employees’ Union says the Liberal government’s announcement this afternoon of a three-year funding freeze in health care will have disastrous consequences for the province’s health …

Employer refuses to budge on obsolete demands HEU members who work at Lakeshore Place in Kelowna voted 74 per cent in favour of strike action today. Negotiations for a first contract for the night attendants and activity, dietary, housekeeping and laundry …

The B.C. public and Gordon Campbell's Liberals are at odds on how to control the costs of the provincial Pharmacare program, according to a Hospital Employees’ Union/McIntyre & Mustel poll released today. Last week, health services minister Colin Hansen …

Conflict Commissioner asked to review actions of Burquitlam MLA and potential $30,000 benefit in special health authority deal The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is asking provincial Conflict of Interest Commissioner H.A.D. Oliver to review the conduct …