News & Updates

BC Health Coalition launches Friends of Medicare campaign, calls for positive, public solutions to health care challenges This week, the BC Health Coalition, along with Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Oxfam and the Council of Canadians, will officially launch its Friends of Medicare campaign. Focused on strengthening universal medicare in B.C., the coalition will expand its work with citizens across the...

HSAs Committee on Equality and Social Action is encouraging HSA members to participate in the the International Day Against Homophobia by raising awareness about the day. Spearheaded by Fondation Émergence, the first day set aside to fight homophobia was held in Québec in 2003. The Day has expanded across Canada and then to Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. Since...

More than 600 delegates gathered on May 3 and 4 in the birthplace of the nation's Medicare system -- Regina, Saskatchewan -- to unite behind Tommy Douglas' vision for public health care. The conference S.O.S. Medicare 2: Looking Forward, brought together a stunning array of leading health care thinkers, providers, and activists in Canada, the U.S., and abroad. Delegates included...

Would UK-style changes to our health care system benefit patients? Or corporations? PUBLIC HEALTH FOURUM - FRIENDS OF MEDICARE - JOIN US! Thursday, May 177pm - 9pmCroatian Cultural Centre3250 Commercial Drive, Auditorium 2 Featuring: Jacky Davis, London doctor and founding member of Keep NHS Public Will McMartin, Political commentator & contributor to The Tyee Printer-friendly poster.

(Vancouver) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if the BC government takes leadership by scaling up innovative projects already underway in the public system, a new study says. Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists, released today by the CCPA and the BC Health Coalition, is a submission to the BC government's 'conversation on health.' The study looks at...

The final version of the 2006-2010 Collective Agreement between the Nurses Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of B.C. has been delivered to employers throughout the province for distribution. Employers have accepted responsibility for distribution of the contract to members. If you have not yet received a copy of your collective agreement, please be in touch with your facilitys...

HSA offers scholarships for Summer Institute for Union Women-Strong Women Taking Action" July 4 - 8, 2007 ... Victoria The BC Summer Institute for Union Women offers an intensive week of learning within a supportive environment where union women can develop skills as workers, activists and leaders. The Institute will be held at the University of Victoria in beautiful Victoria...

Would UK-style changes to our health care system benefit patients? Or corporations? Public health care forum: Tuesday, May 157pm - 9pmTHOMPSON RIVER UNIVERSITY ALUMNI THEATREClock Tower Building, Kamloops For more information and a printer-friendly version of the poster, click here.

Bargaining for a collective agreement between HSA and CML Healthcare on Vancouver Island has been put on hold as the Labour Relations Board deliberates an application by HSA to include CML employees at Lower Mainland locations in the Vancouver Island bargaining unit. In January, HSA made an application to include Lower Mainland CML Healthcare employees in the existing Vancouver Island...

Members of the BC Federation of Labour's Occupational Health and Safety Committee headed to Victoria Monday, April 30 to press the case for better workplace safety enforcement and decent pensions for workers injured on the job. The lobby, headed by Federation President Jim Sinclair and Secretary-Treasurer Angela Schira, comes on the heels of Day of Mourning ceremonies across BC that...