May is National Physiotherapy Month, and we're glad to be able to share this piece from ONA member and physiotherapist Denise Ouellet. Denise highlights the important role that physiotherapists play in caring for Ontarians. https://onamag.org/fight/stories-from-the-streets/physio-recovery/

During Nursing Week, Ontario Green Party MPP Aislinn Clancy read 380+ petitions demanding that the conservative government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings! More: https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli

16,000+ health-care professionals across the country have signed the CFNU parliamentary petition asking the federal government to give all Canadian nurses a tax break! Their goal? 20,000 signatures! If you haven't signed, now's the time: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7298

Ontario Health atHome Members, it's time to tell us your priorities for your first collective agreement! The survey is available in English and French, and members who participate will have the chance to win a prize! So complete your survey today: https://ona.org/news/2026-ohah-bargaining-survey/

Yesterday, more than 30 nurses at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre showed their unity to secure a tentative agreement in their second day of conciliation! Supermajority actions like theirs send a clear message to employers that workers are committed to do what it takes to win. #onlab

Today, we are heading to court to challenge the most recent provincial participating hospital arbitration decision that failed to address members’ top demand for safe nurse staffing ratios. #onpoli #onlab #fightlocal (1/3)

30+ ONA RNs & NPs at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre are calling on their employer to close the wage gap and offer fair wages as they head to conciliation seeking a new collective agreement. Full release: https://ona.org/news/20260525-parkdale-queen-west-conciliation/ #onlab #onhealth

Ontario NDP MPPs Jennie Stevens, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Jamie West & Catherine McKenney read 850+ petitions demanding that the conservative government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings! More: https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli

Fourteen ONA NPs and RNs at Grand River Community Health Centre are heading to mediation Thursday to demand a fair contract. GRCHC has filed a “no board”, signaling that they could lock out workers as early 05/26! More: https://ona.org/news/20260520-grand-river-mediation/ #onlab #onhealth #onpoli

ONA's hospital members will be back at the bargaining table in early 2027, and now is the time to share your priorities for your next contract in our bargaining survey! Complete your survey today: https://ona.org/news/2026-hospital-bargaining-survey/

ONA members are concerned about 22 registered nurse position cuts at Brant Community Healthcare System—coming on the heels of province-wide health-care professional cuts due to government underfunding & employer understaffing. More: https://ona.org/news/20260519-brant-community-healthcare-cuts/

Happy PSW Day! PSWs play a vital role for patients, residents & clients across the health-care system, ensuring their safety, maintaining their dignity and helping them stay independent. ONA is proud to count personal support workers among its members. More: https://ona.org/news/psw-day/

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOTB). This day marks the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1990 — an important step in the fight against homophobia. Learn more: https://ona.org/news/idahotb/

Every May, we celebrate National Physiotherapy Month. We are proud to recognize the work of our highly skilled physiotherapist members and their contributions to the health and well-being of Ontarians. Learn more: https://ona.org/news/physio-month/ #NPM2026 #wearept

Nursing Week is both a time to celebrate the achievements of registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) & nurse practitioners (NPs), and a time to advocate for change. That's just what CFNU did in their latest report: https://onamag.org/fuel/code-blue/nurses-report-2026/

Media coverage of ONA's historic constitutional challenge to the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA) continues to roll in. Learn more about the challenge and watch the full media conference on our website : https://ona.org/campaign/hldaa/ #onlab #StrikedownHLDAA #FightLocal

Last week Ontatrio Liberal MPP Lucile Collard read 100+ petitions demanding the Ford government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings! Learn more: https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli #onlab Thank you Lucille Collard!

It's Nursing Week, and our 2026 Nursing Week theme is: Experts in Care, Fighting for Change. This is the time when we celebrate the expertise and achievements of registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). More: https://ona.org/news/nursing-week/

As we celebrate Nursing Week 2026, and our theme Experts in Care, Fighting for Change, we hear from ONA members about why, despite these serious challenges, they continue to be a nurse. Take a look: https://onamag.org/fuel/code-blue/filling-our-cups/

Here's a short clip of ONA President Erin Ariss, RN, kicking off Nursing Week in the #FightLocal spirit by launching our constitutional challenge to the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA). Watch the full video: https://ona.org/campaign/hldaa/ #onlab #onpoli

ONA has announced an historic constitutional challenge to strike down a 1965 law that strips nurses of fundamental rights to meaningful collective bargaining, including the right to strike. Read the media release: https://ona.org/news/20260511-hldaa-charter-challenge/ #onlab #onpoli #fightlocal

Ontario NDP MPPs Tom Rakocevic, Lisa Gretzky, Wayne Gates, Peggy Sattler, Guy Bourgouin & Chandra Pasma read 1,100+ petitions into the Legislature, demanding the Ford government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios! https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions ( @cfnu.bsky.social ) is asking the federal government to give nurses a tax break—and ONA is lending our support to this call! Getting nurses the break they need by adding your signature to the petition: https://bit.ly/3OT23Z9

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People, known to many as Red Dress Day. Learn more about this important day on our website: https://ona.org/news/red-dress-day/

LAST CALL! This week we'll be hosting two virtual town halls where Health-care professionals at Ontario Health atHome who recently joined ONA will have the opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and help shape our collective path forward. Register now: https://bit.ly/3OxhR3S

In this article, we highlight how ONA has sought to shake up the format of our PLM events, and what the members who attended our most recent PLM thought of the changes: https://onamag.org/fuse/inside-ona/new-plm-format/

Every May, we celebrate National Physiotherapy Month. We are proud to recognize the work of our highly skilled physiotherapist members and their contributions to the health and well-being of Ontarians. Learn more: https://ona.org/news/physio-month/ #NPM2026 #wearept

Liberal MPPs Ted Hsu & Stephanie Bowman read 160+ petitions into the Legislature, demanding the Ford government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings—a position supported by all opposition parties. Please like and share to spread the word! #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli

On International Workers’ Day, or May Day, events are held to honour those who have worked and fought to ensure better rights, wages and working conditions for all workers, and to speak out about ongoing labour issues and injustices. More: https://ona.org/news/may-day/

ONA front-line nurses were forced to walk away from nursing homes provincial bargaining yesterday because for-profit nursing homes CEOs failed to negotiate a fair deal. Nurses’ main demands include wage parity with hospital nurses and safe working conditions. Read more: https://bit.ly/3RaX8DA

ONA nursing homes members, Your elected negotiating team returned to mediation this week, ready to fight for what you and residents need. However, long-term care sector employers had something different in mind. More: https://ona.org/campaign/nursing-homes-bargaining/ #onlab #onpoli #carenotprofit

To welcome new ONA members from Ontario Health atHome, we are hosting two virtual town halls where you'll have the opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and help shape our collective path forward. Register now for your session: https://ona.org/campaign/pslrta-ontario-health-athome/#informed

Today is the National Day of Mourning, and we commemorate those who have been injured, made ill or killed at work. Health-care workers see some of the highest rates of workplace injuries and illnesses—more than construction, mining & manufacturing. Learn more: https://ona.org/news/day-of-mourning/

Nursing homes members, This week your elected negotiating team has been bargaining with employers from the long-term care sector. They’re fighting hard for the respect you deserve in your next provincial contract! More: https://ona.org/campaign/nursing-homes-bargaining/ #onlab #onpoli #carenotprofit

An ONA member shares how they and their colleagues in a health-care professional bargaining unit organized with ONA to fight for wage parity from their employer. Read their story: https://onamag.org/fight/the-vent/backbone/

ON NDP MPP Jennifer French read 120+ petitions into the Legislature, demanding the Ford government introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings—a position supported by all opposition parties. https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli #onlab

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions ( @cfnu.bsky.social ) is asking the federal government to give nurses a tax break—and ONA is lending our support to this call! Getting nurses the break they need by adding your signature to the petition: https://bit.ly/3OT23Z9

More than 4,400 nurses and health-care professionals working in long-term care homes—members of ONA—are calling for urgent investments in resident care, rather than allowing public funds to flow to shareholder profits. Read our full release: https://bit.ly/41JsIe0 #onlab #onpoli #onhealth

To welcome new ONA members from Ontario Health atHome, we are hosting two virtual town halls where you'll have the opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and help shape our collective path forward. Register now for your session: https://ona.org/campaign/pslrta-ontario-health-athome/#informed

More than 900 nurses at Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) this week, marking one of the largest unionization drives in health care in Ontario in years. See our full release: https://ona.org/news/20260417-markham-stouffville-joins/ #onlab

ONA says that The Ottawa Hospital (@ottawahospital.on.ca) is aiming to cut more than 200 registered nurses, clinical care leaders, nurse specialists and nurse educators in several areas across the hospital. See our full release: https://ona.org/news/20260417-ottawa-hospital-cuts #onlab #onhealth

REMINDER: Today is the FINAL day to submit your expression of interest in joining the Provincial Political Action Committee as a representative for ONA Region 3. Apply Today! Learn more here: https://ona.org/join-a-committee-or-team/board-committees/#form

MPPs from the Ontario Liberal & Green parties read more than 570 petitions into the Legislature, demanding that Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones introduce nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all health-care settings. More: https://ona.org/campaign/health-care-for-all/ #StaffingRatiosNow #onpoli #onlab

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (@cfnu.bsky.social) is asking the federal government to give nurses a tax break—and ONA is lending our support to this call! Getting nurses the break they need by adding your signature to the petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7298

ONA supports health-care students through scholarships and bursaries, like the Reese Fallon Memorial Scholarship. Today we meet Chaewon Kim—the most recent recipient of this scholarship—and hear her winning essay. More: https://onamag.org/fight/stories-from-the-streets/future-of-our-union-part-i/

Today is Equal Pay Day, which shifts each year, marking the date that an average woman would have to work into the new year to earn what an average man earned in the previous year. Learn more about this day and ONA's fight for pay equity: https://ona.org/news/equal-pay-day/ #ShowUsThe$

Health care workers are there when patients need them – even in conflict zones. Health care workers and medical facilities should never be targets during armed conflicts. Take a stand: win.newmode.net/cfnu/protect...

A key part of ONA's F-Word digital magazine is you sharing your stories of your solidarity in action. Today an ONA member shares how local leaders are trying to #fightlocal to improve working conditions, but they can't do it alone! Their story: https://onamag.org/fight/the-vent/fight-fight-fight/

REMINDER: This Thursday, April 16, is the FINAL deadline to submit your expression of interest in joining the Provincial Political Action Committee as a representative for ONA Region 3. Find out more about this exciting opportunity at https://ona.org/join-a-committee-or-team/board-committees/#form

To help us all to better understand the significance of Indigenous Nurses Day, we're thrilled to share this article submitted by ONA member Ursula Cote, BScN, RN, CNeoN(C), who is a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg. Read her article: https://onamag.org/fuse/rights/indigenous-nurses-day-2026/