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Finally, after years of fighting for more staff and better caring conditions, action is being taken to relieve B.C.’s extreme staffing shortage in long-term care.   February’s provincial budget outlined a major commitment by the NDP government to address …

After nine months of intense pressure from HEU members, the Heiltsuk Tribal Council and Heiltsuk band members, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) recently rescinded displacement notices to care aides working at R.W. Large Memorial Hospital in …

Comforting her patients is always top of mind for Kim Benke. When she successfully draws someone’s blood on her first attempt, she feels particularly rewarded – especially when patients warn her it will be difficult. And when Kim recognizes warning signs …

In 1974, HEU embarked on an ambitious organizing project to improve working and caring conditions in the private long-term care sector. At the centre of the union’s on-the-ground campaign was Sharon Yandle, who insists that success was earned only through …

Today is the day when workers around the world take to the streets to commemorate the historic struggle for an eight‑hour workday, and to voice their demands for decent work and a life of dignity and respect. CUPE recognizes International Workers’ Day, or …

Guardian: Spring 2018 …

When a worker is killed, injured or disabled on the job, the tragic impact is felt in workplaces, families and communities. On April 28, HEU will join unions across Canada and around the world to mark National Day of Mourning. Gatherings and ceremonies …

HEU members working in Community Social Services who are required to hold a Class 5 driver’s licence as a condition of employment will now get their $75 licence renewal fee reimbursed by their employer. Any CSS member who renewed their Class 5 licence on …

“You are smart and capable. You are going to be able to do it, but in a different way.” This is a message HEU member Kyra Sekhon expresses every day working with youth in a Victoria respite home. As a community support worker, Kyra focuses on teaching and …

HEU member Josie Whitehead is passionate about her job as a family and child care worker at Amata Transition House in Quesnel. Amata provides shelter and support to women and children, who have experienced, or are at risk of violence. Whitehead’s work – …