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The facilities bargaining team met with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) again this week, but negotiations are moving slowly. “The bargaining committee is committed to doing the best job possible for health care workers who deserve better …

[Burnaby, B.C.] – The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) is celebrating the return of privatized workers who are being brought back in-house at three health care facilities in the Fraser Health Authority during April. Today, 160 health care workers at Royal …

The Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) has tabled a wage proposal that falls short of what’s needed to protect wages against rising costs, and fails to address a serious recruitment and retention crisis in the facilities subsector. “Our members …

Update from Community Social Services bargaining The Community Social Services bargaining committee is back at the table with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) this week for scheduled negotiations until April 8th. Collective …

“I work as a program secretary at a cancer centre in Northern BC. I’ve been working here since 2013. I basically support everyone in the building on various things like payroll, minutes, or some internal communications work for the staff. For a while, I …

“I know it’s really important to connect with other people when I’m having a hard time.  Just be yourself, and open up and talk to people. We are not alone. We’re all connected.  Someone out there is always willing to listen. I experienced a lot of change …

Talks for a new facilities collective agreement resumed this week with the union bargaining committee tabling proposals to address crushing workloads and a worsening health and safety crisis on the frontlines.  Nearly two out of every three HEU members, …

“I work in long-term care in recreation. Since the pandemic, we’ve been the main link between the residents and their families. We used to have laughter therapy, chair yoga, and outings. But now, all of this has fallen on my team of co-workers to think …

“I am Coast Salish First Nations and got my Resource Worker certificate in 1982. Community Social Services workers need encouragement. I really enjoy my job, and I could have retired, but I want to stay in the field, you know, for myself and my health, …

[BURNABY, BC] – Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new poll finds health care workers in B.C. struggling with their mental health, and worried about making ends meet at their current pay rates. One out of three (34.4 per cent) are looking to leave …