Photos from the 19th Provincial Facilities Bargaining Conference

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More than 300 delegates representing HEU members from across B.C. are gathering November 20-22 in Vancouver to prepare for 2012 bargaining for more than 40,000 hospital and long-term care workers. Here are some images from the conference, care of local union photographer Joshua Berson and others.

HEU's Bargaining Demands Committee.

HEU's Provincial Executive at bargaining conference

Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Shari Ulrich energizes delegates with her classic anthems including "Stand" (November 21)

HEU president Ken Robinson (November 21)

B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair talking about labour unity in the next round of bargaining (November 20)

CUPE BC vice-president Paul Faoro brings greetings to delegates

From the back of the room

HEU's financial secretary Donisa Bernardo makes a point at the mic

Bargaining Demands Committee hard at work.

HEU delegates doing the members' work.

Bargaining Demands Committee chair Carol Bathgate

Slam poet Scruffmouth lays down some bon mots (November 21)

Adelene da Soul mesmerizes delegates with her prose (November 21)

CCPA's Iglika Ivanova debunks the myth that government is broke (November 20)

HEU members and staff lead delegates in a rousing rendition of "Solidarity Forever" (November 21)

HEU Secretary-Business Manager Bonnie Pearson addresses delegates (November 21)