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The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by YUKIE KURAHASHI oncerned lab technologists and other health workers in the Thompson-Cariboo-Chilcotin health service area were appalled this summer when their administration announced plans to replace rural labs with a hand-held blood-testing device. Hospital laboratories in rural towns including Lytton, Chase, Logan Lake, Ashcroft, Barriere and Clearwater were slated for outright...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by CAROL RIVIERE with YUKIE KURAHASHI early three-quarters of community social services workers experienced a violent incident at their workplaces in the past year. Thats part of the findings of an eye-opening survey of social service workers in BC. HSA Steward Angela Nguyen, a womens counsellor at Victoria Transition House, said she...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by CINDY STEWART eptember is always a month of renewal. After a summer with friends and family we’re re-energized to take on another year of challenges. And we will not lack for challenges facing us in the coming year. Fortunately, it has been my experience that HSA members are always there when...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by LOIS DICK ay you live in interesting times" has traditionally been considered a curse; if we didnt understand why, we do now! Since the 1970s, health care in British Columbia has undergone constant budgetary cutbacks and continual restructuring ... and we are not done yet! Here in the North we have...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by RITU MAHIL My supervisor is constantly on my case. I feel threatened, intimidated and harassed. Is there anything under the collective agreement to protect me from this treatment? Article 39 of the agreement provides that employees have a right to work in an environment free from harassment. In a situation where...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by RON OHMART he Liberal government has been running a television advertising campaign on health care for the past month. In one of the ads, you see a doctor going into an empty operating room. It’s not a reassuring image, because you can’t see a patient on the table, there are no...

The Report: September / October 2002 vol.23 num.4 by DAN KEETON t seemed like the realization of a dream when physiotherapist Deanna Riedstra moved to the Okanagan with her husband and two young children less than a year ago. But, thanks to Gordon Campbells government, that dream has started to look more like a nightmare. Deanna Riedstra Physiotherapist Riedstra left...

Mediator Grant MacArthur is poised to issue recommendations to settle a collective agreement at Deltassist Family and Community Services. Two unions, the Health Sciences Association (HSA) and the Canadian Autoworkers Union (CAW) represent about 40 employees at Deltassist.HSA negotiator Dave Martin said following two days of mediation last week around a framework settlement agreement devised by the mediator, very few...

Late Tuesday afternoon the Labour Relations Board issued its written decision setting the boundaries for new expanded seniority lists in the health care sector. This follows an oral decision delivered Friday. The decision is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file, with an accompanying separate appendix listing worksites by area. LRB written decision (PDF file - 192KB -...

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