Report details how B.C. led provinces in protecting seniors in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic
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The Hospital Employees’ Union released a report today that shows how B.C. was able outperform other provinces in protecting seniors in long-term care (LTC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, titled Long-term Solutions for Long-term Care: Analyzing …
Last updated: Sep 17, 2024
New $20 million pilot mental health and wellness benefit fund coming October 1
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Effective effective October 1, 2024, all Joint Facilities Benefits Trust (JFBT) plan members can apply for up to $1,500 in mental health and wellness benefits as part of pilot program that is linked to your extended health plan. This is possible through …
Last updated: Sep 13, 2024
Why B.C. should reject John Rustad’s agenda to cut health spending by $4.1 billion
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John Rustand and his BC Conservative’s platform on health care is a reckless blueprint for our public health care system’s future. That’s because the BC Conservatives are committing to slashing overall spending on health care while ramping up a competing …
Last updated: Sep 13, 2024
Lynn Bueckert appointed as HEU’s secretary-business manager
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The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) announced today the appointment of Lynn Bueckert as its secretary-business manager. For the past five years, Bueckert has been on staff with the HEU and is currently the interim secretary-business manager. Before …
Last updated: Sep 12, 2024
Bringing seniors’ care workers back into the FBA agreement
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Thousands of long-term care workers at directly contracted sites are expected to return under the facilities bargaining association (FBA) agreement. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) reached as part of a tentative agreement between the FBA and HEABC …
Last updated: Dec 8, 2025
New guidelines established on Special Leave to advocate for HEU members
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In the 2022-2025 Facilities Subsector Collective Agreement, HEU and the Health Employers Association of British Columbia agreed to establish a joint-working group to develop a set of principles to guide the interpretation and application of special leave …
Last updated: Sep 6, 2024
Guardian: Summer 2024
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Last updated: Aug 30, 2024
Update for FBA members on rescinded vaccine mandate for health care workers
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Yesterday, the Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) signed a Letter of Understanding with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) outlining how the government’s lifting of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers will impact …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
ST App_Into Shop Steward 2026_20251127.pdf
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Provincial government lifts COVID-19 state of emergency and vaccine mandate
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Minister of Health Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced at a news conference today, July 26, that the government is lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency that’s been in effect since March 17, 2020. As a result of lifting …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025