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The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 by JUDITH MCCORMICK / CALM Can what I choose to do off-duty have any impact on my employment? Can my employer have any say in what I choose to do on my days off? He was an avid motorcyclist. She didn't pay her bills on time. He was convicted of possession of...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1by YUKIE KURAHASHI Shes worked the ugliest job at the pulp mill. She was the second-everfemale ice-maker in BC. Shes survived abuse, learned her rights, and won a case onappeal for a 25-year-old sexual assault. Andrea Hill HousekeeperVictoria Women's Transition SocietyShe can fix your plumbing. Or your lights. Or help you with yourcomputer...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 by CINDY STEWART Over the next few months, you will notice some exciting changes to The Report.Some of these changes are evident in this issue, and other will be phased in over time.They are all a part of our attempt to provide HSA members with a better qualitypublication that is relevant to...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 by RACHEL NOTLEY and YUKIE KURAHASHI The final report of the BC Ultrasonographers' study reveals that 91% of survey respondents have experienced musculoskeletal pain and discomfort at some point during their sonography career. The final results of the BC Ultrasonographers study are in and theypresent a disturbing picture of the dangers associated...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 When to call your LRO Before calling your Labour Relations Officer, contact your steward first regarding workplace concerns. At most facilities, a list of your stewards is posted on your union bulletin board. For regional labour relations issues, or if your steward can't help, contact your LRO. For all provincial, national, or...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 by YUKIE KURAHASHI Most stewards agree: the work as a union rep is rewarding, butthe workload can be intense. That was the answer stewards gave HSA in a 1994 surveydesigned to assess the needs of HSA activists. As a result, the union made a decision later that year to implement theOrganizing Model...

The Report: February / March 2000 vol.21 num.1 by SARAH O'LEARY Some favourable news for members who are injured or disabledfrom working: previously, some HSA members have had problems collecting Long TermDisability benefits when they had been injured at work and collected workerscompensation. Workers will sometimes find that their WCB benefits are terminatedbefore they are ready to return to work...

The Report: November / December 1999 vol.20 num.4 by MURRAY DOBBIN The arcane world of trade and investment agreements is not known for its poeticlanguage, but there are exceptions. Promoters of the World Trade Organiztion (WTO) comparemembership in the organization to Ulysses tying himself to the mast of his ship soas not to succumb to the call of the Sirens...

The Report: November / December 1999 vol.20 num.4 HSA calls for review of Vancouver area rehab services HSA is urging the Vancouver / Richmond Health Board to delay making wide-rangingchanges to the way rehab services are delivered in the region until the Boards ownreview of rehab programs and services is complete. The health board was scheduled to vote this month...

The Report: November / December 1999 vol.20 num.4 by CINDY STEWART On November 30th, the world witnessed demonstrations in Seattle unlike anything that wehave seen since the protests of the 1960s. The mounting concern, rising to a level thatbrought thousands of people into the streets around the world on the opening day of theWTO talks, is indicative of the fear...