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The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by RON OHMART ith contract negotiations in the health care sector getting their fair share of media and public interest in the past few months, there has been an increased awareness and curiosity about HSA’s major collective agreement, the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association contract with the Health Employers Association of BC. The...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by CINDY STEWART recent article in the Globe and Mail (April 7, 2004) is one of the most articulate and succinct defences of our public medicare system I have seen in the mainstream media. Gordon Guyatt, a professor in health sciences at McMaster University in Ontario, takes up a few column inches...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 he recently-created Canadian Health Professionals Secretariat (CHPS) held a highly successful two-day meeting in Ottawa at the end of February to plot strategy for tackling the many challenges health professionals across the country are expected to face this year. During the meeting the Secretariat welcomed three new independent unions as members: the...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 by HANS BROWN hat happens when you train only 135 people to fill 298 positions? You get one big shortage and one big headache. What is respiratory therapy? For most people, breathing is as easy and natural as blinking. But for thousands of Canadians, breathing is a struggle. They might be accident...

The Report: April / May 2004 vol.25 num.2 argaining between the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association and Health Employers Association of BC was temporarily suspended in April after several bargaining sessions that started in late February. -It became clear to the two sides bargaining committees that while negotiations had been frank and cordial, the uncertainty in the broader health care labour...

To: HSA Chief Stewards Re: Agreement with HEABC re on-call and call-back provisions during a strikeHSA and the Paramedical Professional Bargaining Association reached agreement with HEABC last night at the Labour Relations Board, to resolve ongoing disputes regarding on-call and call-back pay during the provision of essential services. Resolution of these disputes was necessary in order to complete essential services...

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...

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