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Registered Nurses at Niagara Health’s Welland Long-Term Care Site Call Out Provincial Government Over Closure

WELLAND, ON, February 6, 2026 – Registered nurses (RNs), members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), are sounding the alarm about Niagara Health Services (NHS) closing their non-profit long-term care (LTC) home in Welland. The home that has been open for more than 50 years will not be renewing their license to operate this year due to concerns about the building’s safety.

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Front-line Nurse Practitioners overwhelmingly choose to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association

HAMILTON, ON., October 31, 2023 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing more than 68,000 registered nurses and health-care professionals as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates, is excited to welcome nurse practitioners from Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Home and Community Care Support Services.

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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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“Nurses Talk Truth” in New Campaign Calling Out Ford Government

TORONTO, ON., October 30, 2023 – Front-line nurses and health-care professionals are calling foul on the Ford Conservative government’s disastrous health-care policies in a new advertising campaign, launched by the Ontario Nurses’ Association today.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Thunder Bay health care workers are rallying to save public healthcare and stop the privatization of hospital services

THUNDER BAY, ON, October 25, 2023 – Healthcare workers including nurses, personal support workers, clinical staff, and social workers at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay are taking action to oppose the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics.

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ONA joins call for peace and safe access to health care in Israel and Palestine conflict

The Ontario Nurses’ Association is echoing the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, the World Health Professions Alliance (including the International Council of Nurses) and many more in the call for peace and a stop to the violation of international humanitarian law occurring in the Israel and Palestine conflict.

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Kitchener Hospital Cuts Registered Nurses to Save Money in Wake of Hospital Nurse Wage Boosts

KITCHENER, ON., October 20, 2023 – St. Mary’s General Hospital is the first out of the gate to cut its roster of registered nurses (RNs) in a bid to save money after an arbitrator awarded a long-overdue catch up in hospital nurse wages this summer, exploiting the remaining nurses and putting patient care at risk.

News Articles Bargaining Provincial Campaigns

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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ONA Calls for the Resignations of Chair and Vice-Chair of Hastings and Prince Edward Board of Health for the Health of the Community

BELLEVILLE, ON., September 27, 2023 – With the sudden resignations of Kate MacNaughton and John Hirsch – two Hastings and Prince Edward (HPE) counties Board of Health members – the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is calling for the immediate resignations of Board Chair Jan O’Neill and Vice-Chair Michael Kotsovos.

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