Category: Healthcare
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BC NDP needs more than promises to win back the province
Originally published by People’s Voice. In the middle of municipal elections, BC premier David Eby called a snap provincial election for October 24, only two years into his NDP government’s term. But what may have seemed at the time like a strategic move on his part, though nakedly opportunistic, may end up backfiring. The BC…
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CPC BC Statement on the Nurses Bargaining Association Strike
The Communist Party of BC stands in solidarity with striking nurses in their struggle for a new collective agreement. Their calls for more staffing, safer working conditions and a fair wage impact all of us who rely on public services in our daily lives. This is a fight against austerity, privatization and the degradation of…
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BC’s paramedics on the frontlines of the crisis in rural healthcare
By Monica Shannon On March 16, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE Local 873) ratified a new collective agreement. The union’s 6,000 members, primarily paramedics and 911 dispatchers, had voted 97 percent in favour of job action in February, with their demands including wage increases, sufficient staffing and improved supports around burnout and other psychological…