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B.C. health science professionals begin rotating job action

December 7, 2012

The Province

Health science professionals in B.C. began rotating job actions on Thursday to put pressure on the government to deliver a new collective agreement.
The job action began with hospital pharmacists reducing their services to essential services only, said the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association.
Starting Friday, workers who deliver diagnostic imaging services will also cut back to essential services, the association said.

B.C. healthcare professionals' job action disrupts medical services (version 2)

December 7, 2012

vancouversun.com

vancouversun.com 
Fri Dec 7 2012 
Section: OnLine 
Byline: Gordon Hoekstra 
Nearly 3,000 patients around the province have had their X-rays, mammograms and MRIs cancelled because of a rotating strike by health science professionals.
On Monday, the Health Science Association-led job action is scheduled to move to laboratory personnel, who will only provide urgently needed tests, after pharmacists withdrew their services on Thursday.

Community workers from not-for-profit agencies striking Monday

December 7, 2012

Comox Valley Record

North Island community workers will strike in Campbell River and Courtenay on Monday.
Professionals from not-for-profit agencies that support vulnerable families on the North Island will be on strike Dec. 10. Community workers want to send a clear message to the B.C. government: Stop putting vulnerable families last!

Strike halts tests, scans in hospitals

December 7, 2012

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Byline: Katherine Dedyna 
More than 500 medical imaging procedures slated across Vancouver Island today have been cancelled as X-ray and CT scan specialists in B.C. take rotating strike action to press for a new contract.

BC Health Strike

December 7, 2012

Canadian Press

The second stage of strike action by members of the Health Sciences Association hits BC hospitals today.
Workers who deliver diagnostic imaging services like x-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds will scale back to essential services as part of an effort to pressure the government to come up with a better contract offer.
The union's job action began yesterday with hospital pharmacists offering only essential services, and it continues Sunday when hospital lab services will also be reduced to essential services.

Job action will impact patient services at KBRH

December 7, 2012

Trail Daily Times

Brief job action by hospital pharmacists and medical imaging technicians is expected to impact patient services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital today, says a spokesperson for Interior Health Authority.
Karl Hardt said Thursday that Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) health science employees' job action will affect the hospital's operation Friday.
"There will be some impact (today)," he said, although he could not elaborate Thursday on what all would be affected.

Wages in B.C. falling behind other provinces, union says

December 7, 2012

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Hospital professional staff undertaking rotating strikes across B.C. are paid less than counterparts in other provinces, union figures show.
Some professional hospital employees could earn as much as $10 more an hour in Alberta, said dietitian Bill Hadden, co-chief union steward at Victoria General Hospital for the Health Sciences Association of B.C.
"We're losing a lot of our younger members," he said.

Health staff start job action

December 7, 2012

Prince George Citizen

Some elective surgeries are expected to be postponed Friday as members of the Health Sciences Association of B.C. complete a two-day job action.
For 24 hours beginning at midnight Friday morning, staff who operate diagnostic imaging equipment such as MRIs will reduce their staffing levels to minimum essential levels across the province.
There will be enough staff on hand to cover emergency situations, but not handle a full patient load.

B.C. healthcare professionals' job action disrupts medical services

December 7, 2012

Vancouver Sun

The second stage of strike action by members of the Health Sciences Association hits B.C. hospitals today.
Workers who deliver diagnostic imaging services like X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds will scale back to essential services as part of an effort to pressure the government to come up with a better contract offer.
The union's job action began yesterday with hospital pharmacists offering only essential services, and it continues Sunday when hospital lab services will also be reduced to essential services.

Surgery, lab tests to be delayed by strike

December 6, 2012

The Daily Bulletin (Kimberley)

Hospital pharmacists and medical imaging technicians plan to go ahead with brief strikes Thursday and Friday as a mediator attempts to reach a settlement with 16,000 health science employees at hospitals and clinics across B.C.

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