A strike vote from “healthcare heroes” will take place at seven B.C. seniors facilities owned and operated by Good Samaritan Canada in the coming week.
Staff at the facilities – which include Heron Grove in Vernon; Hillside Village and Pioneer Lodge in Salmon Arm, and Village by the Station in Penticton – are represented by the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU). They say they’ve been without a contract for three years, and that Good Samaritan Canada refuses to bargain.
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