Care Can't Wait
Long-term care needs a long-term fix.
Together, we made a difference
Seniors in care depend on their caregivers. Consistent staffing means better care for seniors and a better quality of life for workers.
That’s why we’re so proud of the work Hospital Employees’ Union members and supporters have done – pushing for consistent working conditions across a sector that has relied on unpredictable and unfair working conditions for far too long.
In late 2025, the B.C. government agreed to bring eligible publicly funded contracted seniors’ care operators into a more stable and consistent framework was reached.
This was done as part of contract negotiations with more than 67,500 health care workers who work primarily in hospitals and long-term care homes across the province.
That means higher standards for wages, benefits, pensions and working conditions for more than 5,000 long-term health care and assisted living workers – and more reliable, consistent support for the seniors they provide care for every day.
We’ve seen what happens when governments do the opposite.
When the BC Liberal government made major cuts and contracted out seniors’ care in the first part of the 2000s, workers were fired only to be rehired by their private sector employers for half the wage and without pensions and benefits.
Ever since, workers have fought for action to fix what was broken and to improve the lives of workers and seniors.
Together, let’s keep fighting for seniors’ care that is safe, consistent and fair for everyone involved.
