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B.C. facility HEU workers ratify deal

Five-year deal signed into 2025 at Good Samaritan Canada facilities in Vernon, Penticton, Salmon Arm
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Hospital Employees Union members from Vernon’s Heron Grove hosted a two-hour rally outside the facility Wednesday, Sept. 27. Staff at Heron Grove and six other facilities owned and operated by the Good Samaritan Canada Society have now ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. (Roger Knox - Black Press)

Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) workers in long-term care for Good Samaritan Canada have labour peace into 2025.

Nearly 1,100 HEU members renewed a collective bargaining agreement that prevents contracting out, provides enhanced benefits and shift differentials, and for the first-time embeds hallmark protections to wages currently subsidized by the province.

That includes members who work at Vernon’s Heron Grove, Salmon Arm’s Pioneer Village and Hillside Lodge, and Village by the Station in Penticton.

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Roger Knox

About the Author: Roger Knox

I am a journalist with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. I started my career in radio and have spent the last 21 years working with Black Press Media.
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