B.C. nurses pause picket lines as mediation begins
Nurses' Bargaining Association enters mediation with cautious optimism, pauses picket lines to support productive negotiations.
B.C. Nurses’ Union sets up picket line at Nanaimo hospital
B.C. nurses picketed outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Monday as talks with a special mediator were set to begin in the ongoing labour dispute.
B.C. appoints veteran mediator Vince Ready to step into dispute with nurses’ union
The Labour Ministry said Friday that mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers will work with the Health Employers Association of B.C. (HEABC) and the B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) for 10 days in an effort to resolve their contract dispute.
B.C. Nurses’ Union says contract talks with the province reached an impasse
The B.C. Nurses' Union said Thursday it will expand job action to more hospitals after negotiations with the province broke down.
B.C.’s toxic drug deaths fall to pre-pandemic levels, with 109 deaths in May
Preliminary data suggest toxic drug deaths in British Columbia fell to their lowest monthly level in more than five years in May.
B.C. Nurses Union says members are facing intimidation as job action ramps up
The B.C. Nurses' Union said nurses are facing intimidation from health employers as job action escalates across the province.
B.C. nurses to launch picket line at Vancouver General Hospital
British Columbia nurses will expand job action Tuesday with a picket line at Vancouver General Hospital.
Appeal court decision clears the way for B.C.’s class action against opioid companies to proceed
B.C.'s attorney general said the province's class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies over the overdose crisis will move ahead after the B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed the latest legal challenges.
B.C. nurses launch job action after rejecting tentative agreement
The B.C. Nurses' Union (BCNU) said it has launched job action across the province after issuing a 72-hour strike notice Monday.
B.C. nurses poised for job action after issuing 72-hour strike notice
Nurses in B.C. could begin job action as early as Thursday after the B.C. Nurses' Union issued a 72-hour strike notice Monday.
Researchers say B.C. lags on heat safety for workers, five years after deadly heat dome
Five years after British Columbia's deadly heat dome, researchers say the province needs stronger protections to prevent workers from dying in extreme heat.
B.C. nurses reject tentative agreement with the province
Members of the B.C. Nurses' Union have rejected a tentative contract agreement with the province, with 67 per cent voting against the deal, the union said Friday.
