Hospital Employees Union

• B.C. care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal

  The B.C. government the Facilities Bargaining Association, which represents about 60,000 people delivering health services throughout the province, has ratified a new contract.

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  Oct 13, 2022
  
• Tentative deal reached for more than 60,000 B.C. health-care workers

  The new three-year agreement provides for inflation-sensitive wage increases along with a number of measures to tackle staffing shortages and burnout.

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  Sep 2, 2022
  
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• Senior care workers in Coquitlam reach agreement with Fraser Health, save jobs

  "We're really pleased that this happened but we also have to remember that good will and one off fixes can only take us so far."

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  Jul 20, 2018
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• Workers rally against layoffs at two Coquitlam seniors care homes

  Dozens of workers and members of the Hospital Employees Union (HEU) turned out to a rally in Coquitlam on Sunday, protesting against major layoffs at two of the city's seniors care homes.

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  Jul 8, 2018
• In-house laundry ending Thursday at Kelowna General Hospital

  The health authority said around the health region 35 workers are being laid off as a result of the change.

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  Jun 15, 2017
• Seniors facility staff rally in Salmon Arm

  On Thursday workers held a rally in Salmon Arm aimed at putting pressure on their employer, The Good Samaritan Society, ahead of upcoming talks.

  Dec 1, 2016
• Advocate urges staff review in B.C. seniors’ homes

  British Columbia's advocate for seniors has recommended that staffing levels in elderly care homes be reviewed after examining hundreds of incidents of residents harming each other.

  Jun 29, 2016
• Hospital union doing its homework in new campaign against laundry privatization

  This latest crusade to keep 175 well paying Southern Interior jobs came with a new message -- how much money will the government actually save contracting out the service?

  Jun 18, 2015
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• Laundry workers push IH board not to privatize

  Jessica Guthrie is one of the laundry employees that could be out of work. “For myself personally it could mean the difference between keeping my house and losing my house,” she said.

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  May 26, 2015
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• Potential Interior Health laundry privatization attracts criticism

  Dozens of HEU workers rallied outside of the Kelowna General Hospital today to protest the potential cuts. The union says more than 11,000 people have signed a petition against privatization.

  May 6, 2015