Events

Join us on the MultiUnion Pride Float: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11:45Vancouver Pride is in the final year of a three-year theme.This year you - our Union Activists - will celebrate all you have accomplished and all you have liberated! For full details and a printer-friendly poster, click here.

Come learn about how you can support community social service workers, who are preparing for job action later this summer. HSA members will be on hand at the Surrey-Fleetwood neighbourhood picnic this weekend, talking to their neighbours about HSA and the struggle of the people who deliver the critical Community Social Services that help make our communities healthy. Those workers...

This years annual Run for the Cure, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's most important fundraiser, is Sunday, October 2.HSA has supported the run since 1997, and is one of three regional sponsors of the Run for the Cure. At every step from diagnosis to treatment and recovery, highly trained health science professionals use their expertise to help breast cancer patients.The...

The Great Canadian Railtour Company Ltd., operating as Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, has locked out members of Teamsters Local 31 as of June 21, 2011, affecting 109 on board attendants. The Teamsters are holding a rally in support of these workers, and welcome support from other union members and the community. Date: Thursday, July 7 Time: 4:00 pm Place: 1755 Cottrell...

Beginning May 31, HSA is conducting a phone survey of members in communities around the province. The survey, which focuses on HSAs communications tools and practices, will be conducted by Viewpoints Research. Callers will contact members at random until 600 interviews are completed. Be assured that members will not be called during Canucks games! If you are called, please agree...

The Vancouver & District Labour Council presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Building a Fair Tax System Date: Friday, May 27 7-9 p.m. Saturday, May 28 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Auditorium, Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver Cost: $75 for union sponsored delegates $50 for individuals $35 for low wage/student To register, contact Rachel at...

On April 28 ... the National Day of Mourning for workers killed and injured on the job ... HSA President Reid Johnson and the unions Board of Directors joins BC workers mourning for the dead and fighting for the living. All workers and their families are invited to pay tribute to workers who have been injured or killed on the...

The upcoming federal election is an enormous opportunity for British Columbians who want their universal public health care system to be strengthened and protected. At upcoming debates, candidates will be answering questions about the issues that voters care about most. Lets make sure that public health care is top of mind for all candidates!Local scheduled debates: CAMPBELL RIVER When: Wednesday...

The upcoming federal election is an enormous opportunity for British Columbians who want their universal public health care system to be strengthened and protected. At upcoming debates, candidates from Esquimalt ... Juan de Fuca will be answering questions about the issues that voters care about most. Lets make sure that public health care is top of mind for all candidates!Local...

Right wing governments are using the economic downturn to attack collective agreements and workers' right. The B.C. Federation of Labour stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters under attack by the Republican government of Wisconsin. The -Budget Repair Bill" adopted by the states House of Representatives includes draconian measures that eliminate fundamental rights of Wisconsin public employees, cut real...