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  From March 10 – 13, over 200 HEU members gathered at the 2025 Equity Conference in Vancouver to build stronger connections, deepen their understanding of equity work and take action to advance social justice in workplaces and beyond.   The conference …

Victoria, BC – The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) is encouraged to see the province's budget for 2025-2026 expand government support of public health care, including stepped-up capital funding of $15.5 billion for critical health care infrastructure. …

The Hospital Employees Union expresses unwavering solidarity with workers impacted by the U.S. president’s plan to impose tariffs on Canadian trade. These measures have the potential to cause significant job loss and turmoil, and the future impact is …

Burnaby, B.C. – February 21 marks the beginning of collective bargaining between the nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) for a new agreement covering more than 58,000 health care workers …

“We welcome the government's ongoing commitment in this throne speech to protect public services and improve people’s lives during this time of uncertainty.   British Columbians support a quality health care system that requires good working conditions …

Guardian: Winter 2025 …

BURNABY - With ongoing health care staffing shortages across British Columbia, the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) is urging the federal government to revise its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) to prevent the loss of critical support service workers in …

Many HEU members have accessed the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) as a path to permanent residency (PR) in Canada. But overall cuts to federal immigration numbers and new rules are making it harder for non-clinical health care workers—like housekeepers, …

More than 230 HEU members gathered in Surrey from November 19 to 21 to debate and adopt bargaining proposals as part of the union’s Facilities bargaining conference, as well as elect ten HEU members to serve on the subsector’s bargaining committee. …

As HEU welcomes the new Minister of Health Josie Osborne, we are also feeling deep gratitude to Adrian Dix for his stellar leadership in the Ministry of Health during the past seven years. From the moment he took office as Health Minister in 2017, and …