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HEU demands immediate release of IHA’s review into the fate of 32 hospitals The Interior Health Authority will slash $56 million from direct services to patients and residents, according to a secret government briefing document released to the media …

And Campbell’s prime time attack on health care workers won’t help, says union In what should serve as a stinging reality check for the Liberal government, British Columbians say by an overwhelming majority that they don’t trust Premier Campbell to …

HEU renews calls to health authority to publicly release the private contract The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is renewing calls for the release of a lucrative laundry contract between the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and U.S.-controlled K-Bro …

Unions representing 46,000 front-line health care workers say they’ve achieved a tentative framework agreement with government that mitigates the impact of contracting out on union members and the public. “In exchange for forgone wage and pay equity …

Media conference set for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Plaza 500 Hotel Unions representing 46,000 health care workers will make a major announcement at a media conference later this morning. They’ll release details about the status of talks with government about …

A new collective agreement covering workers at a private, for-profit seniors’ care facility in Richmond provides among the most competitive wages in the field and will help attract and retain skilled, experienced health workers, says the Hospital …

Solutions urgently needed to avert loss of 5,000 skilled, experienced workers — more than 90 per cent of them women Health unions today put a proposal to health employers that would put on hold payroll increases equaling $75 million over the next year in …

Court will be asked to strike down Campbell Liberals’ contract-breaking law A potentially landmark constitutional challenge gets underway in Vancouver Monday, April 14, when health care workers and their unions will ask the B.C. Supreme Court to rule that …

Despite plans to fire hundreds of front-line health care workers, the Provincial Health Services Authority is set to add more than two dozen positions to the ranks of senior management at an estimated cost of between $2 million and $4 million a year. The …

Rosy picture cast doubt about scale of health care cost pressures, says HEU For the second year in a row, B.C. health authorities are racking up multi-million dollar budget surpluses, according to a survey carried out by the Hospital Employees’ Union …