Nursing Homes Bargaining

Nurses and health-care professionals in nursing homes across the province are fighting to stop greedy CEOs. While they rake in record profits, nurses and health-care professionals are fighting against all odds to provide high-quality, timely resident care. They have less staff, fewer resources and more complex care needs – many think about leaving their jobs every day because of poor wages and understaffing.  

This is why we need fair pay not more profit. With fair wages, nursing homes will be able to keep staff and protect resident care. By providing high-quality, timely resident care, hospital wait times will decrease because people will get the care they need before it becomes an emergency. It’s simple. Stop greedy CEOs and put profits into fair wages and more staff for better resident care. 

Did you know?

• In 2024, Extendicare made $144.5 million in profits, up 50 per cent from the previous year.
• 7 in 10 nurses mentioned staffing, workload and lack of work-life balance as extremely important to them when considering leaving.[i]
• Ratios improve patient outcomes. Each additional patient per nurse jeopardizes quality care, increasing the length of hospital stays and risk of mortality.[ii]
• According to a 2021 study, nurses from equity-deserving communities are more likely to experience excessive physical assaults, verbal aggression, discrimination and sexual harassment.[iii]

[i] CFNU Member Survey Report. March 2024. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:15ad2bd9-920e-477d-b380-a3a733c8aee9

[ii] Lasater, KB et al. Evidence that reducing patient-to-nurse staffing ratios can save lives and money. National Institute of Nursing Research. May 2021. Evidence that Reducing Patient-to-Nurse Staffing Ratios Can Save Lives and Money | National Institute of Nursing Research 

[iii] Boateng GO, Brown KK. "Go back to your country": Exploring nurses' experiences of workplace conflict involving patients and patients' family members in two Canadian cities. Nurs Inq. 2022 Jan;29(1):e12444. doi: 10.1111/nin.12444. Epub 2021 Jul 16. PMID: 34268841.  

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