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September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

We recognize and commemorate the intergenerational harm that residential schools caused to Indigenous families and communities, and honour those who have been affected by this injustice.

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Ontario Nurses’ Association condemns hospital arbitration decision as a betrayal of 60,000 nurses and meaningful collective bargaining

TORONTO, ON, September 3, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) condemns the arbitration decision released today, setting the terms of a new two-year contract between the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and more than 60,000 hospital-sector members as a betrayal of nurses, of working women, and the right to meaningful collective bargaining.

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Registered Nurses with Lakeland Long Term Care Vote Unanimously to Join the Ontario Nurses’ Association

PARRY SOUND, August 27, 2025 – Registered Nurses (RNs) working for Lakeland Long Term Care have unanimously voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing more than 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates.

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Nurses at Region of Waterloo Public Health Fight for Fairness as They Head to Conciliation

WATERLOO, ON, August 25, 2025 – More than 100 nurses at Region of Waterloo Public Health (RWPH), members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), head to conciliation tomorrow. They are seeking a fair new contract with their employer who wants unilateral control over schedules.

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ONA Statement on Government’s Mandatory Return-to-Office Directive

Toronto, ON, August 22, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing more than 4,200 registered nurses and health-care professionals working at Ontario Health atHome across the province, stands united with our union allies in strongly opposing the Ontario government’s recent announcement mandating a full-time return to the office for all Ontario Public Service employees by January 5, 2026.

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Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre Nurses, Health-Care Professionals Head to Conciliation, Seeking a Fair and Respectful First Collective Agreement

FORT FRANCES, ON, August 11, 2025 – Nurses and health-care professionals working for Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre head to conciliation August 12 in an effort to reach a fair and respectful first collective agreement with their employer. The 36 Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members held a strike vote prior to conciliation.

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Ford’s expansion of private clinics brings Ontario closer to American health care

TORONTO, ON., June 27, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) sees right through the very thin veil of the Ford government’s announcement today that adds more than $155 million to private health-care clinics.

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Nurses, Health-Care Professionals at Matthews House Hospice Vote to Join ONA

ALLISTON, ON., June 19, 2025 – Registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) and personal support workers (PSWs) working to provide high-quality care to the residents of Matthews House Hospice voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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Cutting more than 40 front-line registered nurses at University Health Network will harm patient care, say nurses

TORONTO, ON., June 11, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is sounding the alarm as the University Health Network (UHN) cuts more than 40 registered nurses (RN) from front-line patient care, amidst an ongoing severe nursing shortage.

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Ford’s Budget Fails Nurses, Public Health Care Again, Pushing Privatization as Ontarians Suffer

TORONTO, ON., May 15, 2025 – The Ford government’s 2025 budget is a complete flatline for nurses, health-care professionals and Ontario’s public health-care system, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA). Instead, the budget continues to cut revenue needed by the provincial coffers, funnel scant health-care dollars to private corporations and for-profit providers while starving the public system of much-needed funding and initiatives to solve the nursing shortage.

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Billions of Tax Dollars Funnelled to For-Profit Nursing Agencies One More Example of Ford Government’s Push to Privatize Health Care

TORONTO, ON, May 12, 2025 – Reports from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives showing that Ontario hospitals spent $9 billion on nursing agencies in the past decade show the extent of privatization and the false economy that has resulted from underfunding the province’s publicly funded and delivered health-care system, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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