Industrial inquiry skims ambulance issues
RICHMOND – The provincial government’s report on the BC Ambulance Service released today appears to live up to paramedics’ predictions that it would be of little practical use in addressing the complex and pressing issues facing deteriorating ambulance services. The report was put together in eight weeks by former career bureaucrat Chris Trumpy without input […]
Committee recommends rejecting tentative agreement
VANCOUVER—CUPE’s Community Health bargaining committee is recommending rejection of the tentative agreement reached with the Liberal government and the BCGEU last week. The tentative agreement offers no general wage increases for two years and trades off hard-won existing benefits for new benefits. For example, a new 25 cent per hour weekend shift premium is being […]
