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ONA bargaining is transparent and involves members every step of the way. In this section, you will find important updates and information about provincial negotiations in several health-care sectors.

All current collective agreement can be found on our Find Your Contract page.

Hospitals

Members across Ontario are taking collective action to put pressure on hospital CEOs and the Ford Conservatives to negotiate a fair contract, and to win on their bargaining demands. We need Nursing Ratios Now!

Hospital members – Vote on bargaining demands

A recording from the vote webinars and a related FAQ document are available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

Hospital members – Help us set demands for bargaining!

A recording from the demand setting meetings is available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

Memos

2025 Hospital Provincial Negotiating Team Elections

Elections for the 2025 Nursing Homes Provincial Negotiating Team have ended. Congratulations to the successful candidates and all candidates for their interest and involvement in this election.

Nursing Homes

Registered nurses and health-care professionals represented by ONA participated in conciliation with 208 participating nursing homes on April 30, 2024, to negotiate a new collective agreement covering the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026. The parties were largely unsuccessful in resolving the matters in dispute between them.

Mediation-arbitration was held on May 1-2, 2024, before Arbitrator Sheri Price. ONA prioritized the issues important to its members: compensation and staffing ratios. The central theme of ONA’s year-long campaign is: “Care, Not Profit.” The issues presented at arbitration were discussed, debated and ultimately voted on by the membership and are responsive to the crisis in Long-Term Care.

Find a copy of the Union’s brief in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to view it.

Nursing Homes Members – Vote on Bargaining Demands

On Thursday, March 7, we held two meetings for participating nursing homes members to give you the opportunity to vote on your demands in preparation for this round of negotiations.

Members who attended voted 100 per cent in favour of presenting the in-going proposal package to employers. This means that ONA will move this proposal package forward and present it to your employers when we head to nursing homes provincial bargaining next month.

The package is housed in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to view it. The package is confidential, so please do not share or download it.

Nursing homes members – Help us set demands for bargaining!

Recordings of the demand setting meetings are now available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

Victorian Order of Nurses

We have been in contact with your employer regarding upcoming provincial bargaining that is slated to take place in April.

There are some new developments that you should be made aware of. Your Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) employer is not agreeing to voluntary arbitration for this round of bargaining.

What this means is that our VON membership may be put in a right-to-strike position if an agreement is not reached.

It is very important for VON members to attend a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, February 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to hear details and determine next steps.

A link to register for this meeting has been emailed to all VON members. If you have not received the link, please contact your Bargaining Unit President

Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) members – Help us set demands for bargaining!

A recording from the demand setting meeting is available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

All VON members were invited to a meeting on March 19, 2024, to learn about compensation improvements for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and registered practical nurses. These improvements will be made through an agreement with the employer, following an increase in funding provided by the provincial government.

The presentation from this meeting is now available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

Arbitrator Stout has released his decision for the 2023 Victorian Order of Nurses collective agreement that affects about 200 ONA members.

Media Statement: New Contract Decision for Victorian Order of Nurses Fails Care Providers and Their Clients (December 14, 2023)

Virtual Town Hall: A town hall meeting was held for VON members on December 20, 2023. A recording of this meeting is now available in the Access ONA Resource Centre. You must be logged in to Access ONA to view the recording.

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