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BL9929 The provincial Liberals have instructed the BC Workers' Compensation Board to begin dismantling the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OH&S Reg), an essential tool in building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. Despite the Regulation's crucial role, the provincial Liberals have instructed the WCB to eliminate one third of the OH&S Reg, as part of the government's ideologically motivated...

The following Occupational Health and Safety courses are being offered over the next few months. Please note that some courses are open only to OH&S Stewards who are members of their worksite's Joint OH&S Committee, while others are open to all HSA members. 1) HSA's Basic OH&S Steward course This two-day course will be offered at HSA's Vancouver office March...

EB03-05 The following Occupational Health and Safety courses are being offered over the next few months. Please note that some courses are open only to OH&S Stewards who are members of their worksite's Joint OH&S Committee, while others are open to all HSA members. 1) HSA's Basic OH&S Steward course This two-day course will be offered at HSA's Vancouver office...

New federal dollars welcome, but union will continue fighting for-profit careOTTAWA - Canada's second largest union warned today that Canada's First Ministers have only written the first prescription needed to protect and build the national Medicare system.James Clancy, president of the 325,000-member union, issued the warning after the Prime Minister and Premiers emerged from two days of behind closed door...

Globe and Mail ad argues that a contract-breaking B.C. premier can't be trusted with untied health dollarsShould strings be attached to increased federal health dollars to guarantee that provincial premiers like B.C's Gordon Campbell actually spend the money on health care?That's the question B.C.'s unions are asking in a Globe and Mail advertisement that runs across the country today as...

EB03-03 Spaces are still available for the Basic OH&S Steward workshop. The two-day workshop will be held at the HSA office, located at 300 - 5118 Joyce Street, Vancouver. dates: workshop 1: January 20 & 21, 2003 workshop 2: February 17 & 18, 2003 time: Monday, 9:00* am - 4:30 pm Tuesday, 9:00* am - 4:00 pm location: HSA Office...

The Report: January / February 2003 vol.24 num.1 by CAROL RIVIERE and YUKIE KURAHASHI counsellor begins working at a transition house for battered women. She spends her days listening to stories of spousal abuse and violence. Within months she begins to experience violent, disturbing dreams. She becomes hypervigilant, and over-concerned with her own safety ... and begins to experience severe...

The Report: January / February 2003 vol.24 num.1 by CAROL RIVIERE and YUKIE KURAHASHI residential / outreach support worker is working alone with a group of young offenders one night when he is surrounded and severely beaten by three residents. He returns to work a week later having recovered from the physical effects of the assault, but finds in the...

The Report: January / February 2003 vol.24 num.1 by CAROLE PEARSON imberley is on the cutting edge of a changing health care system," according to Mayor Jim Ogilvie. But others say the city is facing a double-edged sword with a project that could make the community pay more for fewer medical services. The Interior Health Authority (IHA) gave Kimberley less...

The Report: January / February 2003 vol.24 num.1 by RON OHMART ssues related to shortages of health science professionals come up time and time again in my dealings with employers and members. However, the government, the Health Employers Association of BC, and some health authorities continue to do everything possible to make working in a BC health care facility an...