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Primary Care Workers at North York Family Health Team Demand Fair Wages Ahead of Conciliation for First Collective Agreement

TORONTO, ON, September 18, 2025 – About 50 primary care workers at the North York Family Health Team (NYFHT) hosted information pickets today to call attention to their demand for fair wages ahead of conciliation next week. They are fighting to secure their first collective agreement that recognizes their skills and the care they provide for almost 100,000 patients in the North York area.

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Thousands of Ontario Nurses and Supporters Picket For Better Staffing, Better Wages, Better Care

TORONTO, ON, February 23, 2023 – Thousands of front-line Registered Nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals are picketing across the province today, calling for better staffing, better wages and better care.

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Statement from the Ontario Nurses’ Association Regarding the Your Health Act

TORONTO, ON., February 23, 2023 – The introduction of the creatively named Your Health Act allows an unlimited number of new surgical clinics to perform publicly funded surgical procedures, which the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) believes is one more example of the Ford government’s ideological determination to dismantle publicly delivered health care.

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Region of Waterloo Public Health Nurses Seek Fair, Respectful Contract at Conciliation

KITCHENER, ON, February 21, 2023 – Region of Waterloo Public Health Nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), are heading to conciliation talks today, calling on their employer to come to the table prepared to reach a fair and respectful contract that acknowledges the ongoing public health services they deliver to meet the needs of their community.

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Ontario Nurses’ Association says Ford Government’s Plan for “Convenience” is Missing Safety, Quality – and Nurses

TORONTO, ON., February 2, 2023 – The latest in the Ford government’s announcements about changes to Ontario’s health-care system is glaring in its omissions, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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Ontario Nurses Wear Their Support for Their Hospital Contract Bargaining Team

TORONTO, ON, February 2, 2023 – Front-line hospital nurses and health-care professionals will hold the first in a series of escalating collective actions today aimed at showing their support for the Ontario Nurses’ Association’s (ONA) hospital bargaining team.

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Ontario Hospital Nurses Begin Contract Talks Determined to Achieve Better Pay, Better Staffing and Better Patient Care

TORONTO, ON, January 30, 2023 – Contract talks between the Ontario Nurses’ Association’s (ONA) 60,000 hospital nurses and health-care professionals and the Ontario Hospital Association have begun, with ONA members determined to reach a new deal that meets their demands.

Bargaining 101: Spilling the Tea about Hospital Bargaining “We are ready for the proverbial fight”

ONA Communications spoke with Rachel Muir, RN, Chair of ONA’s Hospital Central Negotiating Team about why she applied for the team, what she believes she can bring to the table as Chair, and how the team is feeling heading into bargaining the week of January 30.

Bargaining 101: Myriad of problems must be addressed at the bargaining table, says Chief Negotiator

There’s no question that Ontario’s struggling health-care system has been wrought with problems these past few years: the worst nursing crisis in decades, forced wage caps, and a global pandemic that turned our health-care workforce on its head. Yet if there is one thing that is crystal clear going into hospital bargaining for our 60,000 members, it is that the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and hospital CEOs must address these problems in the next collective agreement.

Bargaining 101: Central and Local Bargaining – What are the differences?

In the hospital sector with a few exceptions, your collective agreement has two sections: a central agreement and a local agreement. Similarly, in the nursing home sector there are central and local provisions that are contained in the same agreement; local issues are set out in italics.

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Ford’s plan to expand private clinics in Ontario will cost patients dearly, risk lives and significantly worsen staffing shortages, healthcare unions say

Toronto, ON, January 16, 2023 – Five major Ontario healthcare unions are calling on the Ford government to not move forward with its plan to siphon provincial funding from public hospital care and hand it to private, for-profit surgical clinics, a risky venture that will cost Ontarians dearly and damage access to public care.

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