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Haldimand Family Health Team Nurses and Health-Care Professionals Vote to Join ONA

CALEDONIA, ON, August 26, 2026 – Registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and health-care professionals have voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), using their collective voice to improve their working conditions and care for all Ontarians.

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Medical Radiation Therapists Call on CEO to Negotiate Fair Wages and Current Contract

TORONTO, ON., October 30, 2023 – Having worked without a current contract for four years, Medical Radiation Therapists (MRTs) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have held a rally and called on University Health Network CEO and President Kevin Smith to come to the table and immediately negotiate a current fair contract.

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Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) Bargaining: Setting up the context and next steps

Get some background on this round of HCCSS bargaining and find out what happens next.

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Nurses at Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Ratify New Tentative Agreement

After more than six weeks on strike, 50 public health nurses who work at Hastings and Prince Edward (HPE) Public Health reached a tentative agreement with their employer.

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Striking Health Unit Nurses Seek Board of Health Transparency by Filing Freedom of Information Request

BELLEVILLE, ON, September 29, 2023 – As the ongoing strike of Hastings & Prince Edward County Public Health workers nears its seventh week, the 50 nurses and their union – the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) – is filing a Freedom of Information request to obtain transparency in the board of health’s finances.

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Medical Radiation Therapists Headed Back to Bargaining, Seeking Fair and Current Contract

TORONTO, ON, September 20, 2023 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing approximately 200 medical radiation therapists (MRTs) – multi-disciplinary health-care professionals who provide a wide range of care and cancer treatments to patients at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – is going back to the bargaining table again for one more day, seeking a fair and current new contract.

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Essex Nurse Practitioners and Health-Care Professionals Head to Conciliation Ministry of Health must properly fund clinic

ESSEX, ON., September 20, 2023 – Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members providing high-quality primary care and services at a nurse practitioner (NP)-led clinic in Essex County are heading to conciliation tomorrow, seeking a fair new contract.

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Striking Public Health Nurses, CUPE Members Hold an All-Out Rally Calling on Board of Health for Fair Contracts

BELLEVILLE, ON., September 6, 2023 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are amping up the pressure on the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties’ Board of Health today, holding an “All-Out” rally outside as the board meets inside. Workers were joined by members of their unions, community supporters, clients, local and national labour representatives and politicians.

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Media Statement: Hope is not bargaining, say Hastings & Prince Edward Public Health nurses

BELLEVILLE, ON, August 10, 2023 – Just over 50 registered nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses providing a range of care and services to the people of the county have shown unwavering dedication to those they serve and have done everything possible to negotiate a fair new contract with their employer.

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Ontario Hospital Nurses, Health-Care Professionals Receive Major Wage Increases in Decision that Cites the Need to Retain Staff

TORONTO, ON, July 20, 2023 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is welcoming an arbitration decision released today that includes the most significant wage increases for its more than 65,000 hospital-sector registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals in decades, while also noting that this is just the first step in forging better working conditions for those on the front lines. The arbitrator’s decision calls the increases “long overdue and meaningful,” acknowledges that wages have fallen behind over the past decade and play a significant role in the ability to retain and recruit more nurses.

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Workers from Rapids Family Health Team Enter Conciliation Talks to Try to Avoid Services Withdrawal that Could Swamp Sarnia Hospitals

SARNIA, ON, July 5, 2023 – Forty-eight Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members – comprised of nurses, health-care professionals and clerical staff from the Rapids Family Health Team in Sarnia – are entering conciliation talks today to try to reach a respectful contract and avoid being forced to withdraw their services.

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