Our union
Since its founding in 1944, the Hospital Employees' Union has had a long and proud tradition of standing up together for public health care and everyday working families.
We’re HEU and this election is important for our members
Working together these last nine years with a BC NDP-led government, we’ve made gains for HEU members and patients, residents and clients. But, with the upcoming election, all this progress could be undone by the BC Conservatives. They would make life harder with lower wages, cuts to care and privatization. That’s why we’re running the HEU Votes campaign to get members to vote for health care.
We organize and run campaigns because it works. Check out our past win on reversing privatization in health care.
Our victories
Over the years, we’ve achieved many victories for health care workers, like pay equity, reversing privatization, wage restoration, wage levelling and investments in health care, for HEU members and for public health care services. We’ve done it all through collective action. Today, HEU is the largest health care union in B.C. Our more than 60,000 members work in every area of health care, including community health and community social services.
Our strength
Our most valuable resource is you. When members like you take action, it connects you to a long and proud tradition of activism that’s been the backbone of HEU since we were first established. And it’s the key to our collective strength.
Our political action
Using our collective strength and voting in the provincial election is the best way to support public health care, and make progress on the issues that matter most to you and your family. And you’ll be making our union even stronger.