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“This pandemic has been traumatic for many health care workers, especially when so many of us are women. I work as a housekeeper at a hospital. We’ve been facing pressures on the job, but also pressures at home with our families being anxious about us …

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) negotiating committee held a bargaining conference last week. More than 17,000 community social service members from nine different unions across the province brought forward ideas and proposals …

“When the pandemic started, I had been off on sick leave for a few months and hospitalized. I returned to work the same day our facility went into provincial lockdown. Imagine coming back with the uncertainty of COVID-19. I have to be extra careful as I …

“I’ve been working in long-term care for 15 years. For me, it’s an honour and privilege to take care of seniors. There is so much to learn from them, and I consider myself truly lucky that I get to be with them in their last days. Even in the hard times, …

“I work at the warehouse. We help supply whatever is needed in the hospitals – from paper to gauze and syringes. If we cannot deliver the products, the hospitals won’t be able to give proper patient care, possibly even causing operations to be postponed. …

February is Black History Month.  As we look to the future, it’s critical to acknowledge and learn from the past. Black people have a long and vibrant history in Canada, but have also experienced centuries of severe racism. Over the past couple of years, …

Content warning: Death and depression Health care has the highest rate of work-related injuries in B.C.  Injury claims are twice the provincial average – and four times higher for those working in long-term care. But there’s a growing number of mental …

How did you get involved in photographing residents? Back in the 2000s, after the Gordon Campbell layoffs, I took advantage of some backpay. I bought a digital camera. And when I retired in 2009, I received a gift certificate, and purchased some lighting …

HEU’s Facilities Bargaining Committee is wrapping up a three-day session to prepare for upcoming negotiations with health employers for a renewed collective agreement covering 58,000 health care workers. It was the first time the committee has met since …