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The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by LEANNE WALSH My mother is very ill. I have heard that there is a new employment insurance paid leave for which I can apply so that I can take time off work to care for her. What are the details? There have been recent changes to the Employment Insurance Act. As...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by CAROLE PEARSON t’s a great profession,” says physiotherapist Amanda Bartlett about her job. “You get to work with so many wonderful people as your patients and you can see first hand the magnitude of the effect you can have on their lives.” Amanda Bartlett Physiotherapist Kelowna General Hospital (and beyond) Bartlett...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 s is the case with many unions representing professional, public sector employees, HSA and its members have become more active in the political arena. As an organization, and as individuals, HSA members have become increasingly vocal about government decisions which affect their patients and clients, and which affect themselves as health care...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by BUD GODDERIS few months ago I was part of a meeting with HSA’s Committee for Equality and Social Action (CESA) to talk about the human rights and social justice work of the Ecumenical Task Force for Justice in the Americas (formerly Christian Task Force on Central America). As a retired member...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 hat are your key concerns about working conditions? What role does the union play in your workplace? What challenges do you encounter to provide the standards of care that are consistent with good nursing practice? These are some of the provocative questions that RPNs from across the province tackled earlier this year...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 ore than 13,000 community health workers represented by HSA and eight other unions in the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have voted 78 per cent to accept a new collective agreement. Employers have also ratified the 2-year contract which, in exchange for modest concessions, discourages massive contracting out under Bill 29 and creates...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 embers of the Union Bargaining Association representing community social services workers are scheduled to complete ratification votes on a tentative collective agreement by April 19. HSAs bargaining team, and the other 12 unions in the UBA, concluded six months of grueling bargaining with a tentative agreement that achieved HSA members top priority...

PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BARGAINING ASSOCIATIONBargaining Update #5 PDF Version ( Adobe Acrobat required) Unions' priorities include fair bumping and job posting processesThe Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association (PPBA) and Health Employers' Association of B.C. (HEABC) engaged in three days of productive bargaining this week. The parties continued dealing with non-monetary issues, including job postings, bumping and the rights of displaced employees to...

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Burnaby council denounces Liberal cuts to programs and services for vulnerable peopleBurnaby City Council unanimously passed a resolution last night denouncing cuts to programs and services for vulnerable people and calling on the Campbell Liberals to halt plans to cut another $70 million in funding on top of the $100 million the government has already cut to date. The resolution...