- Organizing your workplace with ONA -- Info about hospitals organizing with ONA
ONA News
- Send a message today to lobby Premier McGuinty for a good jobs budget1 Feb 10 -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched its Communities that Work campaign beginning with a province-wide blitz of radio ads urging Premier Dalton McGuinty to focus the 2010 Ontario budget on good jobs. The CommunitiesThatWork.ca website provides an easy to use 'Email the Premier' tool.More »
- Black History Month 20101 Feb 10 -- February is Black History Month, also known as African Heritage Month. The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) joins with workers across the province in recognizing the history, legacy and contributions of Canadians with ancestral roots in Africa.More »
- Advice on how to help with Haiti earthquake relief20 Jan 10 -- The vast destruction brought about by the recent earthquakes in Haiti is causing unimaginable suffering. Many ONA members have been writing and calling to ask how to help. If you want to assist the people of Haiti, please consider donating funds. This ONA News item contains links to the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) website and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) web page for donating to the Canadian Red Cross (CRC). More »
- Pre-register online now for the March 2010 Provincial Coordinators Meeting19 Jan 10 -- Pre-registration for the March 2010 Provincial Coordinators Meeting (PCM) is now open. Please pre-register online by Monday, February 8, 2010.More »
Organizing RNs
Press Releases
- ONA to Government: Put funding where it’s needed most: retaining registered nurses
Toronto - February 2, 2010 - Nurses say elderly Cassellholme Home for the Aged residents may be at risk: ONA calls for external resolution to staffing issues
North Bay - February 2, 2010
Healthcare News
- Local hospital staff stressed to limit (19 Jan 10) - Workers at Ottawa's four hospitals are suffering "unsustainable" levels of stress and overload just as they face threatened funding freezes, bed closings and layoffs, says a new study on role overload in Canada's heath-care system.
- Study shows sharing a hospital room increases your risk of picking up infections (5 Jan 10) - The work, by researchers from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., found that each new roommate raised a patient's risk of picking up an infection in hospital by about 10 per cent.
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