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The B.C. Health Coalition is calling for an immediate investigation of private surgical clinic billing practices after learning the B.C. government was penalized by the federal government for two separate violations of the Canada Health Act in March. And …

Oppenheimer Park, 1:45 p.m., Monday, March 12 Community health workers, members of the Hospital Employees' Union, are holding a brief rally and march on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to draw attention to the gap that exists between their wages and those …

HEU wins precedent-setting ruling from arbitrator In a precedent-setting ruling, arbitrator Don Munroe has agreed with the Hospital Employees’ Union’s contention that security guards at four hospitals in the Simon Fraser Health Region are employed by …

Printer Friendly Version Privatized hospital workers at three Lower Mainland facilities who cast ballots on union membership more than 16 months ago will finally learn the results of their vote. The BC Labour Relations Board today ruled that an …

HEU comments on today’s provincial budget B.C.’s largest health care union says the injection of $572 million in new operating cash will help get the province’s health care system firing on all cylinders. “This government had a choice: tax cuts or getting …

Police say no link to abortion clinic, but union says we need to take precautions The Hospital Employees’ Union is calling for increased security for health care workers who work in or near the abortion clinic at Kelowna Regional Hospital after the …

If boss makes good on threat, 50 seniors will have to find another home HEU members at Waverly of Chilliwack, a private, for-profit seniors’ care facility, voted 58 per cent on Sept. 18 to reject their employer’s attempt to reduce the wages and benefits …

The Hospital Employees’ Union says Premier Ujjal Dosanjh made a smart move in recalling the legislature for Sunday to deal with two legislative initiatives that will put pressure on hundreds of renegade physicians to return to the bargaining table to …

Supporters to leaflet Salvation Army’s Pacific Northwest Congress in Vancouver Saturday Front-line health care workers are appealing to Salvation Army Congress delegates meeting in Vancouver this weekend to recognize the plight of more than 60 health care …

Medicare campaigners visit NDP convention Saturday, February 19 An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare will be at the NDP leadership convention on Saturday as part of a nine day province-wide tour. The ambulance is staffed …