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The union bargaining committee for community social services workers met with the employers group this week in Richmond. The union bargaining committee tabled a comprehensive package of proposals aimed at making gains and restoring rights after years of cuts and concessions. Among other demands, the committee is seeking better sick leave provisions and wage parity with the community health sector...

Two days of discussions about a new contract for health science professionals wound up Wednesday afternoon with some progress on non monetary issues related to protecting quality health care. The union bargaining association (Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association) tabled contract language related to whistle-blower protection for health care professionals who speak up about illegal practices at work which put the...

Attached please find an information poster regarding an event being held to meet and hear Honduran partner, Maria Luisa Regalado of the Honduran Womens Collective speak about their work supporting the rights of women workers in Honduras and their participation in the resistance movement in Honduras. The HSA Committee on Equality and Social Action supports CoDevelopment Canada, which is sponsoring...

Last November, rehabilitation therapists in the Fraser Health Authority were alarmed by the health authoritys announced plans to -partner" with private vendors to provide post-surgical physiotherapy. However, the FHA has recently abandoned those plans. HSA President Reid Johnson says the health authority is making the right decision. -Currently, the FHA performs between 2,400 and 2,800 arthroplasty surgeries each year, including...

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is urging the employer group, the Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA), to commence bargaining on Thursday, May 13, 2010 in Richmond. The CSSBA expects the first meeting will entail establishing a protocol agreement and setting dates and locations for a full exchange of proposals for the Community Living Services and General Services...

HSA members working throughout the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley received notice last month of a region-wide plan to consolidate diagnostic imaging services in the Lower Mainland.An important meeting to discuss how the consolidation plan may affect the jobs of HSA members working in diagnostic imaging throughout the region will be held for HSA members working at Abbotsford Regional Hospital...

Public Forum: Public Health Care: How can we afford it? Date:Friday, May 14 Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Firefighter's Conference Centre6515 Bonsor Street, Burnaby(in the Metrotown complex) SPECIAL GUESTS: Iglika Ivanova, Economist and Public Interest Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on supporting innovation in the public health care system. Well known public interest lawyer Steven Shrybman on the aggressive constitutional...

The BC Health Coalition is calling into question the provincial governments commitment to defend public health care in the courts in the wake of the recent appointment of Kip Woodward as chair of Vancouver Coastal Health ... the provinces second largest health authority. Mr. Woodward is a former Board member of the for-profit Cambie Surgery Centre and his family investment...

MEETING DATES ADDED Facility Date Time Location Peach Arch Hospital Wednesday May 5 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Diagnostic Imaging Department Conference Room Peach Arch Hospital Wednesday May 5 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. Committee room near the cafeteria Surrey Memorial Hospital Wednesday May 5 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.and4 - 5 p.m. Conference room in the Medical Imaging Department BC Cancer...

The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine will host a national conference in Vancouver from May 13-15, 2010. For details and registration information, see www.transfusion.ca The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine is a multidisciplinary society which promotes and supports the best practice in transfusion medicine in Canada through education, communication and partnerships. Conference poster