News & Updates
HSA welcomes new members at Whistler Health Centre
April 15, 2013
THE REPORT: APRIL 2013
Medical Laboratory technologists at (PHSA) Whistler Health Care Centre joined HSA on February 27.
The employees approached HSA about becoming members of the union and the decision to join was unanimous. This new chapter is a first – no other employees of Whistler Health Care Centre are unionized.
A little fairness is all we ask
April 4, 2013
THE REPORT: APRIL 2013
BY REID JOHNSONPRESIDENT, HSA
As The Report magazine went to press, our community social service members were just voting on their tentative agreement. But for most members, another hard round of bargaining has come to an end.
Members looking for change in BC election
April 4, 2013
THE REPORT: APRIL 2013
"I simply can't contemplate another four years of cutbacks and the impact that would have on my community," says Region 1 Director Anne Davis.
Danielle Garden, registered psychiatric nurse
April 4, 2013
THE REPORT: APRIL 2013
BY LAURA BUSHEIKIN
Registered psychiatric nurse Danielle Garden is a woman with a mission: making life better for psychiatric patients.
This goal shapes everything she does — her interactions with patients, her relationships with co-workers and supervisors, her career choices, and her union involvement.
A mandate to seek fairness
December 1, 2012
The Report: December 2012 vol.33 num.4
IN OUR LONG HISTORY, HSA MEMBERS HAVE RARELY FELT WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PREPARE FOR A STRIKE.
Our health science professional members have only gone on strike three times before now, and the last time more than 11 years ago. Its not something we take lightly.
That is why it is so extraordinary that 90% of our health science professional members just voted in favour of a strike.