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For Long-Term Care Members – Have YOUR Say!

This survey is your opportunity to tell us your bargaining priorities as we plan for the next round of negotiations in long-term care slated for 2026.

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Pay fair for home care, rallying nurses tell Ford government and Victorian Order of Nurses

TORONTO, ON, April 16, 2025 – “Pay fair for home care,” chanted hundreds of nurses, health-care professionals and supporters who joined Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) leaders rallying today outside Queen’s Park in support of home-care nurses. The nurses are heading into contract negotiations in the coming months.

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Nurses at Southwestern Public Health secure new three-year agreement

ST. THOMAS, WOODSTOCK, ON, April 7, 2025 – More than 70 registered nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), reached a new collective agreement with Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) during a round of conciliation that stretched into the early-morning hours.

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Ontario Nurses’ Association Enters Hospital-Sector Arbitration Today

TORONTO, ON, April 2, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) – the union representing 60,000+ hospital-sector nurses, is entering into two days of arbitration hearings with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) today.

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Implement Nurse Staffing Ratios to Improve Patient Care, Say Nurses and Health-Care Professionals at Rallies Across Ontario

TORONTO, ON, March 20, 2025 – Thousands of registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals across Ontario are holding all-out rallies today, demanding that RN-to-patient staffing ratios be implemented in the province’s hospitals.

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Southwestern Public Health Nurses Fighting for Fair New Contract, Headed to Conciliation

ST. THOMAS, WOODSTOCK, ON, March 19, 2025 – In the midst of trying to get a worsening measles outbreak under control, nurses from Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) are headed to conciliation on March 20, trying to reach a fair new contract. The nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), are negotiating for better wages and respect from their employer.

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VON members – Vote on your contract demands and strike mandate

Join us on Tuesday, March 18 to hear details and vote!

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Nurses say Ontario Hospital Association’s Rejection of Staffing Ratios Harms Patients

TORONTO, ON, February 27, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) says the Ontario Hospital Association’s (OHA) assertions in a recent statement claiming “real-time” staffing by the province’s hospitals result in safe staffing levels is incorrect and misleading. Hospital CEOs and the OHA are harming patient care further by opposing the introduction of registered nurse (RN)-to-patient ratios.

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