The Report

The Report: June / July 2005 vol.26 num.3 by BRUCE WILKINS I work in a position covered by the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association collective agreement. Our employer has recently reorganized our workplace as a costcutting measure. My colleagues and I are concerned that our patients are no longer getting the level of care they need. We have brought our concerns...

The Report: June / July 2005 vol.26 num.3 by LAURA BUSHEIKIN ikki Maier likens her entry into HSA involvement to catching the bridal bouquet at a wedding. Last May, she had just started her job as Educator/Speakers Bureau Coordinator at the Living Positive Resource Centre, an AIDS service organization in Kelowna. She was sitting in the office with another coworker...

The Report: June / July 2005 vol.26 num.3 by DAN KEETON here are many HSA members who received excellent grades while training for their profession. But how many achieve one of Canadas top academic honours while studying for a new health sciences career? Di Cindy Wu Laboratory Technologist Surrey Memorial Hospital Di Cindy Wu, who works evening and night shifts...

The Report: April / May 2005 vol.26 num.2 by CINDY STEWART he statistics are staggering. In Canada, on average, 900 workers die at work every year. Thats more than two deaths every day. Usually, its a number you read in the newspaper, or a story you hear on the radio on your way to work. But for HSA members earlier...

The Report: April / May 2005 vol.26 num.2 by KATHY McLENNAN I work in a position covered by the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association collective agreement. My employer told me that my union has approved the job description for my position and the salary structure has been established for it. I think my position is not properly classified. What can I...

The Report: April / May 2005 vol.26 num.2 by CAROLE PEARSON ix years in Brazil taught me a lot," says Jenny Stevens, a retired Mission physiotherapist. -It gave me insight into how wrong a health program can go, particularly when its multilayered as that one was." She is alarmed to see BCs health care system heading along a similar route...

The Report: April / May 2005 vol.26 num.2 by DAN KEETON hen you look around the health care field, youd be hard pressed to find a more specialized combination of skills than that held by Gerald Yu, a Health Records Administrator who oversees the collection and management of clinical data for the Fraser Health Authority. Gerald Yu Health Records Administrator...

The Report: January / February 2005 vol.26 num.1 by CINDY STEWART ith tax season just around the corner, many of us are thinking about RRSPs and other financial plans we should be making by the end of the fiscal year. Increasingly, as our membership ages, HSA members are focusing more on retirement planning. Those of us fortunate enough to have...

The Report: January / February 2005 vol.26 num.1 by RITU MAHIL Im a paramedical employee and have requested both Christmas and New Years Day off. I know that there is a casual employee willing to work those days for me. However, the employer is refusing to schedule her for either of those days. Is this permissible? No. The employer is...

The Report: January / February 2005 vol.26 num.1 by LAURA BUSHEIKIN nita Bardal never saw herself as an activist. She considered herself more the quiet type, someone who stays out of the spotlight: a helper, rather than a fighter. So she was a bit surprised at herself when she became HSA Chief Steward for St. Pauls Hospital in 2001. Anita...