The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is the union representing more than 68,000 registered nurses and health-care professionals, as well as 18,000 nursing student affiliates, providing care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, clinics and industry.



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ONA Communications
[email protected]

Katherine Russo
Tel: 647-539-1925

 

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Feb 18, 2025, 10:41 ET Nurses, Health-Care Professionals at North York Family Health Team Seek Fairness as they Head to Conciliation to Negotiate a First Contract

TORONTO, Feb. 18, 2025 /CNW/ - Nurses and health-care professionals with the North York Family Health Team (NYFHT) are in conciliation February 19 and 20 as their Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA)...

Feb 10, 2025, 09:30 ET Ontario needs nursing ratios now, says the Ontario Nurses' Association at event with Ontario NDP Leader and Ontario Federation of Labour President

TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2025 /CNW/ - At a media conference in Toronto today, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) demanded that nurse staffing ratios be front and centre in both a new contract for...

Feb 09, 2025, 12:00 ET /REPEAT -- Media Advisory - Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, OFL President Laura Walton to Join Ontario Nurses' Association at Media Conference Calling for Nursing Ratios/

TORONTO, Feb. 7, 2025 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) will hold a media conference in Toronto on Monday to call for Ontario's hospital CEOs and the next provincial government to...

Feb 07, 2025, 08:00 ET Media Advisory - Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, OFL President Laura Walton to Join Ontario Nurses' Association at Media Conference Calling for Nursing Ratios

TORONTO, Feb. 7, 2025 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) will hold a media conference in Toronto on Monday to call for Ontario's hospital CEOs and the next provincial government to...

Jan 31, 2025, 13:09 ET Mediation ends with no deal for 60,000 Ontario hospital nurses as Ontario Hospital Association opposes safe staffing

TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2025 /CNW/ - Following more than a week of bargaining talks and two days of mediation, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) says that no negotiated contract has been reached with...

Jan 29, 2025, 12:00 ET Hundreds Rally in Toronto to Demand Nurse Staffing Ratios as Ontario Nurses' Association Bargains with Hospital CEOs

TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2025 /CNW/ - Hundreds of registered nurses (RNs), health-care professionals, labour leaders and allies held a large rally in Toronto today to call on hospital CEOs to implement...

Jan 29, 2025, 10:39 ET /C O R R E C T I O N -- Ontario Nurses' Association/

In the news release, Media Advisory - Nurses from Across Ontario to Hold All-Out Rally for Hospital Staffing Ratios Amid Contract Negotiations, issued 28-Jan-2025, and in its repeat issued...

Jan 29, 2025, 08:30 ET /R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Nurses from Across Ontario to Hold All-Out Rally for Hospital Staffing Ratios Amid Contract Negotiations/

TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2025 /CNW/ - Registered nurses (RNs), health-care professionals, labour leaders, community groups and allies will hold an all-out rally tomorrow in downtown Toronto to demand...

Jan 28, 2025, 13:00 ET Media Advisory - Nurses from Across Ontario to Hold All-Out Rally for Hospital Staffing Ratios Amid Contract Negotiations

TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2025 /CNW/ - Registered nurses (RNs), health-care professionals, labour leaders, community groups and allies will hold an all-out rally tomorrow in downtown Toronto to demand...

Jan 17, 2025, 12:45 ET Ontario Nurses' Association expresses grave concerns amidst contract talks with hospital CEOs

TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2025 /CNW/ - Five days of talks between the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) have yet to result in a negotiated new contract for the...

Nov 14, 2024, 12:08 ET Nurses and Health-Care Professionals Erect Hospital Understaffing Graveyard, Call for Registered Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2024 /CNW/ - Members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) staged a hospital understaffing graveyard today outside the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA). Members held a funeral...

Nov 04, 2024, 10:48 ET Ontario Nurses' Association Elects New Board of Directors

TORONTO, Nov. 4, 2024 /CNW/ - Members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) – the country's largest nurses' union – have just finished holding elections for its Board of Directors. The...

Oct 22, 2024, 08:02 ET "Ontario deserves better": Front-line nurses and health-care professionals tell the brutal truth about Premier Ford's health care fail in new ad campaign

TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2024 /CNW/ - Front-line nurses and health-care professionals from across the province are bluntly speaking out in a new series of advertisements about the grim realities of working...

Oct 09, 2024, 06:32 ET Media Advisory - Nurses at Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Hold Information Picket Ahead of Conciliation

WINDSOR, ON, Oct. 9, 2024 /CNW/ - An information picket will be hosted during the lunch hour for the public to learn more about what is at stake if Windsor-Essex County Health Unit does not negotiate ...

Sep 17, 2024, 08:47 ET Nurses at Windsor Essex County Health Unit Seeking Fair Wages as they Head to Conciliation

WINDSOR, ON, Sept. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - More than 75 public health nurses at the Windsor Essex County Health Unit, members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA), are heading to conciliation seeking...

Jul 25, 2024, 09:00 ET New data confirms nurse staffing ratio continues to plummet in Ontario

TORONTO, July 25, 2024 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) says that new Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data confirms that Ontario's shortage of nurses is worsening, with...

May 21, 2024, 10:10 ET Ontario Nursing Homes Ordered to Pay Nurses and Health-Care Professionals 11.5-per-cent Salary Increases Over Two Years

TORONTO, May 21, 2024 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) welcomes the arbitration decision released today that includes the most significant wage increase for registered nurses (RNs) and...

May 02, 2024, 09:00 ET 'We are not an option. We are a necessity.'

Ontario Nurses' Association Marks Nursing Week 2024 TORONTO, May 2, 2024 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) and its 68,000 members including registered nurses, nurse practitioners and...

Apr 19, 2024, 09:00 ET Nursing Homes Bargaining has Collapsed, says Ontario Nurses' Association

TORONTO, April 19, 2024 /CNW/ - Collective bargaining for registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals with the province's for-profit nursing homes has broken down just three days into five...

Apr 12, 2024, 10:00 ET Long-Term Care Nurses and Health Professionals Picket Across Ontario, Calling for Care Over Profit

TORONTO, ON, April 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Hundreds of Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) members held 37 pickets at corporate, for-profit long-term care homes in communities across Ontario today. Nurses and ...

Apr 11, 2024, 10:30 ET MEDIA ADVISORY - Long-Term Care Nurses and Health-care Professionals to Hold Pickets on Friday Across Ontario

TORONTO, April 11, 2024 /CNW/ - Ontario Nurses' Association members who work at long-term care homes will hold information pickets at 37 locations across the province on Friday. More than 3,000...

Mar 27, 2024, 09:00 ET Ontario Nurses' Association Pickets at Extendicare Canada to Launch Nursing Homes Bargaining Campaign Calling for Care, Not Profit

MARKHAM, ON, March 27, 2024 /CNW/ - To mark the start of Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) collective bargaining with 194 participating Ontario for-profit nursing homes, close to 200 nurses and...

Mar 26, 2024, 18:29 ET Ford's budget promises cannot be trusted to improve care in the public system, says Ontario Nurses' Association

TORONTO, March 26, 2024 /CNW/ - The Ford government's 2024 Ontario budget fails to commit to the province's public health-care system in a meaningful way and lacks any details on how the health-care...

Feb 12, 2024, 11:59 ET Ontario Nurses' Association celebrates second Bill 124 legal victory as Ford government loses its appeal of earlier decision

TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Ontario's front-line registered nurses and health-care professionals are celebrating another decision by the courts, a decision released that is clear: Bill 124,...

Feb 09, 2024, 12:33 ET Ontario Nurses' Association welcomes federal funding to improve health care, but calls on Ford to be accountable and invest in public care

TORONTO, Feb. 9, 2024 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) welcomes the commitment of the federal government to provide funding in a new health-care agreement for this province, and adds...

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