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Ontario Nurses’ Association launches a new digital publication: The ‘F-Word’ to feature stories about the raw realities of Ontario’s health care

TORONTO, ON, April 17, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is unveiling a new digital platform where the unvarnished true stories and perspectives of nurses and front-line health-care professionals in Ontario will be published.

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Media Releases News Articles Bargaining Provincial Campaigns

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.

News Articles Bargaining Provincial Campaigns

All-Out Hospital Rallies – Join Us March 20!

On March 20, nurses and health-care professionals across the province will be hosting All-Out Rallies at their local hospitals to pressure hospital CEOs to agree to nursing ratios now!

Media Releases News Articles Bargaining Provincial Campaigns

Hospital Nurses and Health-Care Professionals Deliver Petitions to Provincial Election Candidates Across Ontario to Call for Nursing Ratios

TORONTO, ON, February 24, 2025 – Beginning today, Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members are delivering petition banners containing thousands of signatures to provincial election candidates, demanding registered nurse (RN)-to-patient staffing ratios. This action is part of the campaign to bargain a new collective agreement with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA).

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Nurses, Health-Care Professionals at North York Family Health Team Seek Fairness as they Head to Conciliation to Negotiate a First Contract

TORONTO, ON, February 18, 2025 – Nurses and health-care professionals with the North York Family Health Team are in conciliation February 19 and 20 as their ONA bargaining team works to negotiate a first collective agreement. These members serve a full 5% of the people in North York—approximately 100,000 patients of all ages.

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