Bulletins

HSA members will soon be preparing for the 2007 HSA Convention, to be held April 19, 20, & 21, 2007 at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver.Conventions are where chapters from around the province determine the future direction of the union. Policies, actions, constitutional amendments, structural changes are all discussed and debated at convention.Members who have specific issues that they want...

This year, Regional Director elections will take place in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9. All HSA members in these regions are encouraged to put their name forward for these important positions.Directors meet, on average, every six weeks and take an active leadership role in representing the union. They are reimbursed for the time they spend in official meetings...

WINTER SCHOOL One of Canadas best labour schools, held at Harrison Hot Springs, in January and February 2007 The CLC Winter School offers a wide variety of week-long, quality labour orientated courses. Past HSA participants have rated the courses and the experience highly. The school offers an opportunity to meet people from other unions and workplaces across BC. To support...

2007 Canadian Labour CongressWINTER SCHOOL The BC Federation of Labour offers two scholarships for attendance at the 2007 CLC Winter School: The Debra Mills Scholarship is intended for persons with disabilities to attend a one-week course. See attached course schedule or check the CLC website http://pacific.clc-ctc.ca/> for more information. The scholarship will be decided by a lottery draw on...

HSAs 2007 Annual Convention will be one of the most exciting conventions in recent memory as delegates will elect a new union president for the first time in fourteen years.Cindy Stewart, president of HSA since 1993, announced last April that she would not be seeking re-election for another term at the 2007 convention.Nominations for the position of president are now...

Delegates to the B.C. Federation of Labour annual convention called this week for the immediate shutdown of the False Creek Surgical Centre's private, for-profit emergency clinic. Tuesday morning, 1,100 delegates to the B.C. Federation of Labour's 50th Convention unanimously approved of a resolution demanding the federal, provincial and municipal governments enforce, support and maintain the Canada Health Act and called...

Health care workers are invited to join delegates to the B.C. Federation of Labours 50th Convention who will be rallying outside of Vancouver City Hall in protest of Canadas first private-for-profit emergency clinic. DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 2006TIME: 12:30 PMLOCATION: VANCOUVER CITY HALL 453 West 12th at Cambie Speakers will include representatives of front line health care workers, seniors, and the...

Health minister hesitates while private surgical clinic moves to expand profit-making enterpriseThe BC Health Coalition is calling on the provincial government to immediately stop plans by the private, for-profit False Creek Surgical Centre to open Canadas first user-pay emergency room in Vancouver on Monday.-The False Creek Surgical Centres latest entrepreneurial venture ... an emergency room ...appears to involve charging fees...

Ottawa (November 27, 2006) -- A recent survey of 12,000 members of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA/NUPGE) identifies workload and lack of staff as the number one issue. HSAA is a union that represents more than 14,000 professional, technical, support and ambulance workers in Alberta's health care system."We asked our members what it would take to create a...

HSA will be represented by 38 delegates to the 50th annual convention of the B.C. Federation of Labour November 27 to December 1. This year's theme: "A proud history. A strong future." celebrates the B.C. Federation's 50th Anniversary. Highlights will include discussion of the future of BC's resource communities, resolutions regarding the growing exploitation of temporary international workers, and reports...