HEU support services workers united for a fair deal with Sodexo in Abbotsford
Sodexo, contracted support services, ARHCC June 12, 2014[Abbotsford, B.C.] Today, health care workers and their supporters rallied for a fair contract and better health care at Abbotsford Regional...
View ArticleHealth care workers ratify collective agreement in province-wide vote
June 24, 2014Health care workers have ratified a new five-year collective agreement by a vote of 64.6 per cent.The agreement between the 11-union Facilities Bargaining Association and government’s...
View ArticlePublic sector unions tell Premier Clark “we stand in solidarity with teachers”
September 9, 2014B.C. Fed news release: Vancouver– B.C. public sector unions are sending a message to the Premier that they stand in solidarity with B.C. teachers and are urging her to accept the...
View ArticleCare aides struggle to support seniors – poll
October 16, 2014More than half don’t have time to meet residents’ care needs83 per cent have been victims of violence or aggression[BURNABY] Nearly three-quarters (73.3 per cent) of B.C.'s care aides...
View ArticleHEU endorses Irene Lanzinger for BC Fed president
October 23, 2014The 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union today announced its support for Irene Lanzinger in her bid to become the first woman to lead the B.C. Federation of Labour as its...
View ArticleMore than 230 health workers face layoff as North Shore nursing home changes...
Inglewood Care Centre rejects HEU’s call to bring services back in-house to end a decade of instability; Vancouver Coastal Health urged to protect continuity of care for residents January 27,...
View ArticleHealth care workers campaign for a YES vote in the referendum
February 3, 2015The Hospital Employees’ Union has joined the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition advocating for a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum. “We believe that the more we can do to...
View Article175 family-supporting jobs at risk as Interior Health seeks to privatize...
HEU will work with affected communities to protect quality jobs and services February 11, 2015The Interior Health Authority will issue bid documents later this week that could result in the loss of...
View ArticleBritish Columbians’ health care needs sold short in provincial budget that...
February 17, 2015Despite critical needs to invest in seniors’ care, upgrade health infrastructure, and address hospital overcrowding, the provincial government has tabled another budget that...
View ArticleLayoff notices issued to nearly 1,200 Lower Mainland health care workers
It’s time for successorship laws that protect workers and ensure stable health care delivery, says the Hospital Employees’ Union March 2, 2015Staff at a Surrey long-term care facility, and cleaners in...
View ArticleHEU joins national actions demanding an end to Ottawa’s health care cuts
27 B.C. protests mark first anniversary of $36 billion drop in funds to provinces March 31, 2015VANCOUVER – Today marks the first anniversary of a decade-long, $36 billion cut to health care transfers...
View ArticleHEU announces new chief spokesperson
April 2, 2015The Hospital Employees’ Union announced today that Jennifer Whiteside will take over as the union’s secretary-business manager, effective immediately.She succeeds Bonnie Pearson who has...
View ArticleInterior communities speak out against privatization of hospital laundry...
May 5, 2015Nearly 12,000 British Columbians have signed a petition calling on the provincial government to cancel plans by the Interior Health Authority to privatize hospital laundry services in 11...
View ArticleHEU laundry workers deliver petition to the legislature, urging government to...
May 14, 2015VICTORIA – The voices of 12,423 British Columbians were heard at the provincial legislature this morning with the tabling of a petition calling on government to halt the Interior Health...
View ArticlePayments to laundry companies by Lower Mainland health authorities more than...
June 11, 2015Escalating laundry privatization costs in the Lower Mainland should raise warning flags about a similar scheme being floated in the Interior Health Authority, says the Hospital Employees’...
View ArticleSunridge Place dispute heads to arbitration
June 12, 2015The long-standing struggle to secure a fair collective agreement for health care workers at Sunridge Place in Duncan is not yet over, although job action has been averted.On June 10, the...
View ArticleNew Horizons dispute heads to arbitration
June 12, 2015The long-standing struggle to secure a fair collective agreement for health care workers at New Horizons Care home in Campbell River is not yet over, although job action has been...
View ArticleNo case for privatizing IHA laundry – expert says
November 24, 2015The Interior Health Authority (IHA) has failed to establish a valid business case for privatizing hospital laundry services, according to a Simon Fraser University economist.SFU School...
View ArticleIHA further delays decision on privatizing hospital laundry services
November 25, 2015Yesterday’s announcement by Interior Health Authority (IHA) chief executive officer Chris Mazurkewich that a decision on contracting out hospital laundry services has been further...
View ArticleStressed health authority budgets leave little room for progress on seniors’...
February 16, 2016Urgent calls to address a growing crisis in seniors’ care have been largely ignored in a provincial budget that will see a continuing erosion in front-line health services, says the...
View ArticleHEU condemns Interior Health decision to privatize hospital laundry services
March 1, 2016Today’s decision by the Interior Health Authority (IHA) to contract out hospital laundry services is deeply disappointing news for more than 100 workers who will lose their jobs in five...
View ArticleHEU urges Ottawa to honour commitments on public health care
Since 2014, B.C. has lost half billion dollars in federal health care transfers March 31, 2016The Hospital Employees Union (HEU) is calling on the federal Liberal government to honour its 2015...
View ArticleStop the sale of seniors’ care in Nanaimo, says HEU
April 4, 2016The Hospital Employees’ Union says the Vancouver Island Health Authority should act now to block the sale of Wexford Creek care home and stop the layoff of staff.Wexford Creek staff...
View ArticleUnions score major workers’ compensation win at Supreme Court of Canada
June 24, 2016The Supreme Court of Canada has found that two Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) members and a Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) member who contracted breast cancer while working in...
View ArticleSeniors Advocate’s report on resident-to-resident aggression underlines need...
June 29, 2016The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) says improved staffing levels are key to addressing resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care facilities.read more
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