Media Release

The Health Sciences Association (HSA) welcomes todays announcement that the government will enter into discussions about the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that strikes down controversial provisions in Bill 29, the legislation that restricted health care workers bargaining rights. -The highest court in Canada gave the government a year to address the ruling. HSA sees todays appointment of associate...

As the provincial government prepares for the final sessions of its -Conversation on Health" this weekend in Vancouver, participants from 14 of the public forums held across the province during the past six months joined with the BC Health Coalition to deliver a clear message today. Read more ... (printer-frienldy version).

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...

Reid Johnson, HSA President Delegates to the 36th annual convention of Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) have elected Reid Johnson as the new president of the union that represents 15,000 health care professionals who work in hospitals and communities around the province. Johnson, a social worker who works at the Centre for Ability, said the most important priority for...

The Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) will kick off its 36th annual convention Friday, April 20 at the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver. Proud of our Past; Ready for the Future is the theme of this years convention, which will feature the election of a new president for the union, as Cindy Stewart, president of HSA for the past...

One out of every six Members of Parliament had a delegation of working women from their home constituency knocking on the door of their Ottawa office this week with a message to deliver. In town for the 13th Canadian Labour Congress Womens Conference, the 350 women from across the country made their way to Parliament Hill to tell their MPs...

OTTAWA ... The good news of today's job numbers from Statistics Canadas Labour Force Survey raises concerns among working Canadians and their families that the Bank of Canada may take them, once more, as a reason to raise interest rates. -It is time for ordinary workers to share in the prosperity after almost two decades of stagnation of real wages...

After the first debate on Bill C-257 ... An Act to amend the CanadaLabour Code (replacement workers) ... Canadian working families feel more confident that Parliament will finally adopt legislation to ban the use of scabs during labour disputes under the Canada Labour Code. -Its a matter of fairness and balance," explains Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress...

Oslo - Citing ethical reasons, the Norwegian government has withdrawn more than $430-million (U.S.) in pension investments from two American corporate giants, Wal-Mart Stores and Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold.

A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study released today documents the dramatic decline in BC home support services over the last four years. The BC Health Coalition (BCHC) has received countless calls from individuals and families in crisis because of lack of available services. -We hear from people across the province who are home alone with no support," says Joyce...