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Labour demands action on workplace safety as activists lobby provincial government

May 2, 2007
Members of the BC Federation of Labour's Occupational Health and Safety Committee headed to Victoria Monday, April 30 to press the case for better workplace safety enforcement and decent pensions for workers injured on the job. The lobby, headed by Federation President Jim Sinclair and Secretary-Treasurer Angela Schira, comes on the heels of Day of Mourning ceremonies across BC that marked the beginning of a month of labour action to win safer workplaces.

Labour marks Day of Mourning

April 29, 2007
HSA President Reid Johnson and Region 7 Regional Director Marg Beddis joined in the Day of Mourning for workers killed and injured on the job by laying a wreath at Bear Creek Park in Surrey Saturday. New Westminster & District Labour Council in conjunction with the Vancouver & District Labour Council, Fraser Valley Labour Council and BC Federation of Labour  hosted the event.

West Kootenay Public Solutions Forum - Who says we can't afford public health care?

April 26, 2007
It's a fact - improving public health care is within our means.  Find out how. Castlegar and District Health Watch and the BC Health Coalition invite you to a West Kootenay Public Solutions Forum. Thursday, May 247:00 p.m.Castlegar & District Community Recreation Centre2101 6th Avenue Speaker:  Dr. Robert Woolard, Canadian Doctors for Medicine

OHSAH offers on-line updates for health care workers

April 26, 2007
Concerned about health and safety issues at your workplace? Sign up to receive the OHSAH (Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC) e-update. The current (April 2007) issues includes articles about Latex vs Non-Latex Gloves; Concern over Caviwipes,   Pandemic Influenza Update, Technological Innovations in Occupational Health, and Day of Mourning events.

$10 now rallying cry for improved minimum wage

April 25, 2007
B.C.'s lowest paid workers need your help. The B.C. Federation of Labour is campaigning to boost the provincial minimum wage to $10 an hour and eliminate the $6 training rate for new workers. The Campbell government has frozen the minimum at $8 since 2001. Six years without a raise is too long.   Thats why the BCFed is calling for an immediate increase to $10 NOW, so that our lowest paid workers get a long-overdue pay increase. Please click below to sign the $10 NOW petition. 

Canadian Labour calls on governments to mark April 28 National Day of Mourning with stepped-up enforcement of health and safety laws

April 25, 2007
The Canadian Labour Congress is marking this years National Day of Mourning with a renewed call for governments to step-up enforcement of federal, provincial and territorial health and safety laws. Next Saturday, April 28, the labour movement will acknowledge and honour those men and women who died or were injured on the job over the past year due to workplace accidents or occupational diseases.

Fraser Health removes key information about Surrey Hospital P3 decision from documents

April 24, 2007
The public is still in the dark about why the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) is using a public-private partnership (P3) for the financing, construction and operation of the Surrey Ambulatory Care Facility despite initially opposing this approach. Key information related to the decision was deleted from 35 pages of heavily censored documents released to the BC Health Coalition under freedom of information legislation.

HSA seeks Region 5 representative on unions board of directors

April 24, 2007
HSA is calling for nominations for the position of Regional Director for Region 5 following the election of Reid Johnson as HSA President at the 36th annual convention held this past weekend.  Johnson was first elected as Region 5 Director in 1997 and was re-elected for another term this spring.  The new Region 5 Director will serve the remainder of the two-year term which ends at the conclusion of HSAs 2009 annual convention.

Day of Mourning this Saturday; events scheduled province-wide

April 23, 2007
This year the BC Federation of Labour Occupational Health and Safety theme is "Make it Safe! Make it Fair!" Changes to the OH&S Regulations under the Workers Compensation Act have affected the safety of workers and we have witnessed too many workers being injured and killed due to a lack of enforcement and meaningful regulations.

HSA elects new union president at 36th annual convention

April 21, 2007
Reid Johnson, HSA President Delegates to the 36th annual convention of Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) have elected Reid Johnson as the new president of the union that represents 15,000 health care professionals who work in hospitals and communities around the province.

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