BC Nurses

• B.C. nurses say job action will expand to more locations across province

  In a release, the union said that starting this weekend, picket lines will be up at major health-care facilities across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

  Health

  Jul 9
  
• B.C. nurses reject tentative agreement with health employers

  The rejection comes after a strong strike mandate in May, when the union says more than 50,850 nurses voted 98.2 per cent in favour of job action.

  Health

  Jun 19
  
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• Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

  Rosanne Wallace was 33 years old and worked as a psychiatric nurse at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. Her family said she always wanted to help people.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2025
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• B.C. becomes first province to announce minimum nurse-to-patient ratios

  Examples include most adult medical and surgical units, where the ratio will be one nurse to every four patients, and high-acuity units where it will be one nurse to two patients.

  Politics

  Mar 1, 2024
• ‘Morally distressed’: B.C. nurses hold rally outside Victoria General Hospital

  The B.C. Nurses' Union is holding a rally in Victoria on Sunday.

  Health

  Jul 9, 2023
• ‘We want to see results, now’: Hundreds of B.C. nurses march in Vancouver

  The BC Nurses’ Union organized a rally Wednesday to hold the government accountable for its promises to deal with shortages and highlight ongoing staffing and workload issues.

  Health

  May 31, 2023
• B.C. nurses ratify new deal with more than 13% in wage increases over 3 years

  Just over 60 per cent of the Nurses' Bargaining Association members voted in favour of the tentative agreement reached at the end of March.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2023
• B.C. to get patient-to-nurse ratios, a first in Canada

  Last week, the union reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government that included "record-setting compensation" for B.C. nurses and "mandatory nurse-patient ratios."

  Health

  Apr 4, 2023
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• B.C. Nurses’ Union, Health Employers Association reach tentative agreement

  The B.C. Nurses’ Union says it has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the province’s Health Employers Association of B.C.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2023
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• B.C. government covering costs for internationally educated nurses to deal with staffing shortage

  This builds on an earlier announcement from B.C. Premier David Eby about creating more teaching spaces for nurses and adding more bursaries for nursing students.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2023