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2002
December 31, 2002
Start the New Year off right with action to defend medicare
Crucial decisions that will affect our future health care will be made in the forthcoming First Ministers' meeting on health care planned for early 2003. More...
December 18, 2002
Call for nominations
BCNU will be holding elections next spring for the positions of treasurer and executive councillors (2). More...
December 12, 2002
Recruitment is beginning for BCNU focus groups
Research involves separate surveys of BCNU members and stewards. Please cooperate with CGT Research if you are telephoned this month and asked to participate. More...
November 20, 2002
Employers must provide nurses with collective agreements
Employers are telling BCNU members they did not receive enough copies of the Provincial Collective Agreement to distribute to every member at the worksite. More...
November 15, 2002
Speaking out works!
Health Authority backs off on seniors’ user fee, after nurses protest in the news media. It’s a great lesson for nurses that speaking out against health care cuts can pay off. More...
November 12, 2002
Nurses at work sites across the province have still not received the wage increase that was due April 1, 2002
The Liberal government imposed a collective agreement August 2001 which included wage increases for April 2002, yet many facilities have still not paid. The Liberal government has refused to provide proper funding for the increase. Nurses at 48 work sites are impacted by this action. More...
November 12, 2002
Fix held over
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, the documentary film supported by BCNU has been held over due to popular demand. More...
November 4, 2002
Liberal government’s planned cuts to Pharmacare force Municipal Pension Plan to consider further reductions to retiree health benefits
The Campbell government is working on the implementation of further cuts to the Pharmacare program, which will affect all British Columbians, including pension recipients. More...
October 30, 2002
Nurses urged to check accuracy of seniority
On August 20th 2002, the Labour Relations Board ruled that for the purposes of displacement, Health Authorities (with the exception of the Provincial Health Services Authority) must create a dovetailed seniority list for all employees employed at worksites owned and operated by the Health Authority. More...
October 23, 2002
What Kind of Public Education Do You Want?
Share your vision for public education in British Columbia by participating in public hearings in your area October 2002 to February 2003. More...
October 21, 2002
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City now showing
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, the documentary film supported by BCNU is showing October 18 to October 31. More...
October 17, 2002
Municipal Pension Plan Annual General Meeting - November 2, at 10:00 a.m.
The Municipal Pension Plan Board of Trustees will broadcast its first ever live and interactive AGM simultaneously in five BC communities. More...
October 7, 2002
Keep Health Care Public - "Lessons from Ontario"
BCNU’s speaking tour presentation is now available on our web site at www.bcnu.org. More...
October 3, 2002
Respect for Picket Lines - revised October 3, 2002
Union members in British Columbia have won many difficult disputes because of the strong respect our trade unionists have for picket lines. More...
September 25, 2002
Are you on a day off on October 7?
If so, let your voice be heard. On October 7, help swell the ranks of nurses and other British Columbians in a Victoria march and rally for the fight against Liberal public sector cutbacks. More...
September 20, 2002
BCNU to co-sponsor feature film
Our support demonstrates nurses’ commitment to real health care solutions and to ways to improve the social determinants of health. More...
September 5, 2002
Campbell government forces Municipal Pension Plan to begin charging retirees for half of their MSP premiums
Starting with this year’s October payment, all retirees who belong to the Municipal Pension Plan will begin paying half of their MSP premiums. More...
September 4, 2002
BCNU Treasurer position open to members
The BC Nurses’ Union has received the resignation of its current Treasurer Jason Pauls for personal reasons. The resignation is effective October 1, 2002. More...
August 29, 2002
"BC Health Care" new addition to government website
BCNU encourages members to log on and give their feedback on changes in health care. More...
August 22, 2002
Labour Relations Board issues decision on seniority list rules for displaced health workers
On June 28, 2002, the LRB declared the six new Health Authorities to be the successor employers to the Regional Health Boards, Community Health Councils, and the Community Health Services Societies. More...
August 21, 2002
Cast your vote in the municipal election November 16
On Saturday, November 16 municipal elections will be held around the province for city council and school board positions, among others. More...
August 12, 2002
Union launches Employment Service pilot project
The BC Nurses’ Union is exploring setting up an Employment Service. More...
July 19, 2002
Rights for displaced nurses
Mediation breaks down, Labour Board schedules new hearings. More...
July 17, 2002
2002 Pride Parade
BCNU members are invited to participate in the 2002 Pride Parade on Sunday August 4 from 12 to 2 pm. More...
July 17, 2002
BCNU asks St. Mary’s Hospital for guarantees
Hospital staff needs detailed information about how management plans to keep St. Mary’s Hospital open, in order to avoid rumours and misunderstandings about the future. More...
July 9, 2002
Municipal Pension Plans makes two rules changes
Severing of seniority no longer required to receive a pension from the MPP. More...
July 5, 2002
LRB decision increases vacancy and bumping options for displaced nurses HEABC is appealing the ruling, but the employer agrees to attend mediation later this month to determine how the decision will be implemented. More...
July 5, 2002
BCNU members: Do not attend any restructuring meetings in your workplace without a steward
BCNU members are being asked to attend meetings with management concerning the downsizing or restructuring of health care services. More...
June 27, 2002
Convention votes to use money from the temporary dues increase in 2001 to defray strategic worker costs incurred during PCA bargaining
The decision means the special dues levy now in effect to replenish the defence fund will be needed for only two years rather than three. More...
June 21, 2002
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority forces change of venue for public forum
What’s in the works for BC seniors. More...
June 6, 2002
BC Fed: BCNU membership data will stay with BCNU
Unions that belong to the BC Federation of Labour do not give the Fed their membership lists, mailing lists, or any other personal membership data. More...
June 5, 2002
Convention votes to join the BC Federation of Labour
Here’s some of what BCNU gains. More...
June 2, 2002
Severance pay - When are nurses eligible?
Eligibility for severance occurs only when the employment relationship is completely terminated. More...
May, 2002
BCNU Election Ends on Friday
The vote for BCNU’s president and vice president ends at 12 Noon on May 17, 2002. More...
May 30, 2002
Liberal cuts will hurt many nurses who go off on WCB
New rules effective June 30 mean serious rollbacks for BCNU members who are considered permanently disabled. More...
May 8, 2002
Get Ready to Vote
BCNU election runs from 6 AM on May 12 to 12 Noon on May 17, 2002. More...
April 25, 2002
Retirement Incentive and Transition Incentive Benefit Programs offered by Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) is offering a Retirement Incentive Benefit program and a Transition Incentive Benefit to minimize layoffs resulting from their plans to restructure and downsize health care delivery. More...
April 23, 2002
International Nurses’ Week, May 8, 2002
"Red Alert" for Healthcare Day. More...
April 18, 2002
Check your pay slips for April 1, 2002 increase
All nurses at work sites covered by the Provincial Collective Agreement should have received a pay increase starting April 1, 2002 as outlined below. More...
April 15, 2002
Research will help BCNU organize against health care cuts
Members are encouraged to cooperate with interviewers from the firm McIntyre and Mustel, if you are telephoned to participate in a focus group or poll. More...
April 9, 2002
BCNU Council recommends members not return their ballots in aboriginal treaty referendum
While individual members of BCNU will decide for themselves whether to participate, Council believes the referendum should not be given legitimacy by returning ballots. Members can mail them to the First Nations Summit or another aboriginal organization to show support for the treaty process. More...
April 9, 2002
Election 2002
BCNU candidates for president and vice president now posted on the web. More...
April 4, 2002
HEABC and PSERC pass costs of MSP delisting onto nurses
BCNU has launched grievances against the practice, which contradicts a claim made by the Minister of Health Services. More...
April 4, 2002
BlueNet card effective April 1, 2002
New benefit means nurses covered by the Provincial Collective Agreement can get eligible prescription drug costs paid directly at the pharmacy. More...
March 19, 2002
BCNU leaflets now available in Chinese and Punjabi
BCNU wants to deliver the facts on health care to all British Columbians. That’s why we have produced Chinese and Punjabi versions of three recent BCNU leaflets. More...
February 5, 2002
Election 2002
Nominations have now closed for the upcoming BCNU election for the positions of President and Vice President. More...
February 1, 2002
Call 1-800-667-1079 "Stop the Cuts" Hotline for the Latest BCNU News
A Hotline has been set up for BCNU members to phone in and receive current information about what BCNU is doing in response to the Liberal government’s attempt to decimate health-care delivery and nurses’ rights. More...
January 30, 2002
No choice for nurses in where they work
Further interpretation and analysis of Bill 29 raises fears of just how far the government and the employers are willing to go to decimate health care delivery and nurses’ rights. More...
January 30, 2002
Most experienced, senior nurses stand to lose on inferior bumping language
Further interpretation and analysis of Bill 29 raises fears of just how far the government and the employers are willing to go to decimate health care delivery and nurses’ rights. More...
January 29, 2002
Nurses working in hospital clinics, community nurses, and nurses in long term care threatened by privatization
Further interpretation and analysis of Bill 29 raises fears of just how far the government and the employers are willing to go to decimate health-care delivery and nurses’ rights. More...
January 25, 2002
Bill 29: Another outrageous Liberal attack on nurses’ and other health care workers’ rights
Collective agreement language gutted and wages still under threat. More...
January 9, 2002
Despite improvements to the Provincial Collective Agreement, changes to Pharmacare mean members will pay more for some prescription drugs
As a result of negotiations, improvements to the Extended Health Plan for prescription drugs were implemented July 1, 2001. More...
January 9, 2002
Premier Campbell is preparing to break his promise to not rip up collective agreements, cut health care and privatize services and programs
Over the next few days you will read and hear ads from the BC Federation of Labour (BC Fed) challenging the Campbell government to keep its promise to respect collective agreements negotiated in good faith. More...
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