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Title: B.C. Nurses strike, VGH [Vancouver General Hospital]
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-12

Title: What our fathers and their sons so bravely fought for: Edith Cavell
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Title: "A Ministering Angel, Thou"
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Title: Secondary Interview with Ray Haynes
Date: 2016-07-11

Title: Union of Psychiatric Nurses occupation of Woodlands
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-04

Title: B.C. Nurses strike, VGH [Vancouver General Hospital]
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-12

Title: B.C. Nurses strike, VGH [Vancouver General Hospital]
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-12

Title: B.C. Nurses at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] on first day of strike
Description: B.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage
Show moreB.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage restraint. The Hospital Employees Union was conducting its own strike vote at the time. Nurses walk the picket line outside Vancouver General Hospital.
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Date: 1989-06-14

Title: B.C. Nurses at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] on first day of strike
Description: B.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage
Show moreB.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage restraint. The Hospital Employees Union was conducting its own strike vote at the time. Nurses walk the picket line outside Vancouver General Hospital.
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Date: 1989-06-14

Title: B.C. Nurses at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] on first day of strike
Description: B.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage
Show moreB.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage restraint. The Hospital Employees Union was conducting its own strike vote at the time. Nurses walk the picket line outside Vancouver General Hospital.
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Date: 1989-06-14

Title: B.C. Nurses at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] on first day of strike
Description: B.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage
Show moreB.C.'s registered nurses, members of the B.C. Nurses Union, struck several acute care hospitals across the province, the first time that they had done so. Health care union leaders accused the employers' agency, Health Labour Relations Association, with provoking the strike. Nurses were seeking to catch up after years of government imposed wage restraint. The Hospital Employees Union was conducting its own strike vote at the time. Nurses walk the picket line outside Vancouver General Hospital.
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Date: 1989-06-14

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike - Pat Savage, BCNU president
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding. BCNU president Pat Savage pictured.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding. Photograph includes Pat Savage, BCNU president (center).
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union], HEU [Hospital Employees Union], HAS [Health Sciences Association] protest at IRC [industrial relations council] over strike interference
Description: BCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a
Show moreBCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a vote on an offer from the employer, the Health Labour Relations Association, on a contract; many nurses opposed the deal although the BCNU bargaining committee recommended acceptance, and president Ken Georgetti of the BC Federation of Labour praised the offer. The BCNU supported the Fed's boycott of the IRC.
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Date: 1989-06-23

Title: BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union], HEU [Hospital Employees Union], HAS [Health Sciences Association] protest at IRC [industrial relations council] over strike interference
Description: BCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a
Show moreBCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a vote on an offer from the employer, the Health Labour Relations Association, on a contract; many nurses opposed the deal although the BCNU bargaining committee recommended acceptance, and president Ken Georgetti of the BC Federation of Labour praised the offer. The BCNU supported the Fed's boycott of the IRC.
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Date: 1989-06-23

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