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Harbour City Star By Darrell Bellaart Health officials have been told to address a shortage of specialists who help critically ill patients with breathing difficulties at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. WorkSafe B.C. ruled the Vancouver Island Health Authority must provide a plan to stop scheduling respiratory therapists to work shifts as long as 24 hours. A Work-Safe inspector toured NRGH...

Community social services workers (represented by HSA) are on strike tomorrow, as are community health services and support workers (represented by CUPE) at Vancouver Community Mental Health. (HSA also represents health science professionals at VCMHS, who are not on strike.) Community health services and support Picketing commences at two VCMHS sites from early morning until 11am, when the picketers will...

Come join 2000 delegates to the BC Federation of Labour convention to call for fairness for all workers: DATE:Wednesday, November 28 TIME: noon -- convene between East and West Vancouver Convention buildings, 1055 Canada Placenoon-12:30pm -- march to Vancouver Art Gallery12:30-1pm -- Rally at Vancouver Art Gallery Look for HSA's banners, and send us photos! We'll send you a prize...

Bargaining for a new contract for BCs health science professionals was to resume yesterday for the first time since health science professionals delivered a 90 per cent strike vote to support the bargaining committees proposals for a fair and reasonable collective agreement. Bargaining had broken off October 31. The employers bargaining agent, Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), called the...

Cariboo Press / Vernon Morning Star Health science professionals have delivered a 90 per cent strike vote to back their bargaining committee in negotiations with B.C.'s health employers. "This strong vote sends a clear message to government and health authorities that it's time to come to the table and negotiate a fair and reasonable collective agreement," said Reid Johnson, president...

Kamloops Daily News Job action could be looming in the health-care sector after members of the Health Sciences Association voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike. Association president Reid Johnson said talks between the association and the province are tentatively expected to resume Thursday or Friday. "These are some of the smartest people in health care and we've...

Canadian Press Job action could be looming in the health care sector after members of the Health Sciences Association voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike. Association president Reid Johnson says his members are seeking a fair and reasonable wage increase and refuses to respond to requests for costing on budget-saving measures. Seventeen-thousand H-S-A members have been without...

For immediate release: November 19, 2012 Health science professionals have delivered a resounding 90 per cent strike vote to back their bargaining committee in negotiations with BCs health employers. -This strong vote sends a clear message to government and health authorities that its time to come to the table and negotiate a fair and reasonable collective agreement," said Reid Johnson...

Community social service workers who provide counselling, mental health, transition housing, but also family, children and immigrant services in Surrey will be on strike tomorrow. HSA members are not directly affected by strike action on November 15 ... but please show your solidarity on your personal time by supporting the protest.Striking workers have a message for Surrey-Panorama MLA Stephanie Cadieux...

Community social services workers from agencies that support children and adults with developmental disabilities and provide numerous other community services will be on strike this week in the Okanagan (Vernon, Armstrong) and the Cariboo (Quesnel, Williams Lake). Striking workers want to send a message to the B.C. Liberal government: stop putting vulnerable families last! Since 2004, the B.C. Liberal government...