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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 …

Joint HEU/BCTF News Release Nearly two out of three British Columbians (65 per cent) think government spending on health and education advertisements is not appropriate, according to a Mustel Group poll commissioned by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and …

Workplace safety The Workers’ Compensation Board reported in May 2000 that the most dangerous workplaces in B.C. are in health care. In the five-year period ending 1998: 1.5 million workdays were lost and claims costs exceeded $155 million overexertion …

Leaders from B.C.’s two largest health care unions says Paul Martin’s budget brought down this afternoon fails to address the biggest security concerns held by Canadians: restoring stability to public Medicare. Hospital Employees’ Union president Fred …

Union’s chief bargaining spokesperson will be available to local media at 9:15 a.m., Tuesday Local union activists from health care facilities around northern B.C. are gathering in Prince George tomorrow where they’ll receive an update on collective …