The ONA Board of Directors is proud to announce a new Member Recognition Advisory Team, with a mandate to help us all celebrate members of many professions. For more info, and to apply, visit: https://ona.org/join-a-committee-or-team/provincial-teams-expression-of-interest-form/#form

The Fight section of ONA's new F-Word digital magazine is where you share stories of your solidarity in action. In this piece, an ONA member shares their experience of some dubious communication practices on the part of HR & management. More: https://onamag.org/fight/the-vent/psychological-warfare/

About 50 primary care workers at the North York Family Health Team hosted information pickets today to call attention to their demand for fair wages ahead of conciliation next week. Read our full media release: https://ona.org/news/20250918-nyfht-conciliation/

This is what fortitude looks like. Our Hospital Provincial Negotiating Team, made of up of elected front-line ONA members. We honour the work of this fierce team, and all the members who joined bargaining action teams to show up and fight for their demands.

This Fri. Sept. 5, 7-9:30 p.m., we'll host a hospital sector information meeting via zoom to review the arbitration decision from Arbitrator Sheri Price between ONA and the Participating Hospitals. This is a non-voting meeting. Register: https://ona.zoom.us/meeting/register/3XWI1BY6T5ypWstmjhyWTg

(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. (1/11)

“VON nurses are the unsung heroes of our health-care system—they’re out in the community, risking it all, without access to help. It’s absurd that they’re in the most danger and yet they’re the least paid.” Home care nurses are demanding better. https://nursestalktruth.ca/home-care #onpoli #onlab

Labour Day falls on the first Monday in September. While many Canadians may think of Labour Day as the unofficial end to the summer, it is actually a day of great significance for the labour movement and workers' rights. Learn more on our website: https://ona.org/news/labour-day/

Registered Nurses (RNs) working for Lakeland Long Term Care have unanimously voted to join ONA, the union representing more than 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates. Find our full release on our website: https://ona.org/news/20250827-lakeland-ltc-join/

Today 100+ nurses at @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social‬ Public Health are in conciliation with their employer. With 90% of members having pledged that they are and ready to fight for fair hours of work, scheduling and pay, the time for management to settle a fair contract with these workers is now!

WEBINAR: Evaluating the impacts of nursing wellness and initiatives in the workplace Hear from experts Kyle Kemp and Alison Li, moderated by CFNU President Linda Silas, as we explore how to evaluate wellness initiatives and strengthen support for nurses. RSVP: cna-aiic-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

More than 100 nurses at @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social‬ Public Health, members of ONA, head to conciliation tomorrow. They are seeking a fair new contract with their employer who wants unilateral control over schedules. Read our full release: https://ona.org/news/20250825-waterloo-conciliation/

ONA, the union representing 4,200 nurses and health-care professionals working at Ontario Health atHome, stands united with our union allies in opposing the government’s announcement mandating a full-time return to the office for all employees by January 5. Read more: https://bit.ly/41TCudG

Showing solidarity with workers in other sectors or jobs, not only strengthens their fight, it also strengthens our own. The recent win by flight attendants helps all unionized workers, Here's how: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-flight-attendants-defiance-section-107-1.7613124 #onlab

ONA has a long, rich history of taking part in the Toronto Pride parade, and this year was no different. We asked members of the ONA community who took part to share their thoughts and impressions. Read the full story: https://onamag.org/fuse/rights/its-a-safe-space-member-says-of-pride-parade/

Home-care nurses & health-care professionals like Linda who work at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) are talking truth about the state of home care in Ontario. Show your support for their fight so Ontarians can access high-quality care at home: https://nursestalktruth.ca/home-care

Community health centres are non-profit health-care centers where you can access health and social services. But 94% of CHCs do not have the funding to retain staff and can't provide the crucial services our communities need. Tell Doug Ford to #CloseTheGap: https://ona.org/campaign/close-the-gap/

Unbelievable.

Congratulations to Air Canada flight attendants for staying steadfast in their fight and achieving a tentative agreement overnight, ending their strike. Read more from our statement yesterday: ona.org/news/solidar...

THE STRIKE CONTINUES!

Erin Ariss, RN and ONA President, has a powerful message of solidarity to share with striking flight attendants. Read her message: onamag.org/fuel/solidar... #ONlab #UnpaidWorkWontFly

As unionized nurses & health-care professionals, Labour Day is an important time to celebrate workers’ rights, struggles and victories. Join ONA members on Monday, September 1, for the the Toronto Labour Day march (includes FREE CNE admission)! Register: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-o... #onlab

Calling all Canadian nurse practitioners! We’re studying job satisfaction, career trajectory and retention. Add your voice to help inform policies and practices for the effective development and implementation of the NP workforce in Canada. Click here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FRYW87T

Monday, members at Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre headed to conciliation in an effort to reach a fair and respectful first collective agreement with their employer. Read our full media release: ona.org/news/2025081...

In April of 2025 the provincial hospital contract was referred to the arbitration, and ONA and the OHA concluded their interest arbitration hearing before Arbitrator Sheri Price and nominees Philip Abbink (ONA) and Brett Christen (OHA) on April 17, 2025, after four lengthy hearing days. (1/6)

Today the CFNU submitted nurses unions’ recommendations for the federal budget, pointing to measures the federal government could take to support nursing retention, strengthen recruitment efforts and bolster public health care for all.

ONA is sounding the alarm as @uhn.ca cuts more than 40 RNs from front-line patient care, amidst an ongoing severe nursing shortage. These cuts will be catastrophic for patients at a time when we desperately need more registered nurses, not fewer. More: ona.org/news/2025061... #onlab #onpoli

From May 12 to 18, the 68,000 members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association will mark Nursing Week by doing what nurses do best—speaking the truth about the issues facing our health-care system & offering solutions to improve it for everyone. Full release: ona.org/news/2025050...

“We are making way less than nurses in hospitals or nursing homes. The government must recognize that they need to do something about pay equity and treat us with respect – not as second class nurses.” Home care nurses are demanding better. Show support: ona.org/campaign/von...

It comes around every year. Some people mark it, some even celebrate it, but many of us may barely notice it. What is May Day, aka International Workers’ Day, all about, & why should nurses and health-care professionals care about it? Read the full story: onamag.org/fuel/solidar...

Introducing F-Word—ONA's new digital magazine. F-Word is for members and in members’ voices. It’s the break room, not the boardroom. It’s OUR space and our license to fight back and tell the brutal truth in our own words. Share yours: onamag.org/contact/

DYK that in 2024 home-care registered nurses were the lowest paid RNs across all health-care sectors? Tell the Victorian Order of Nurses Board and the Ford government that they must fix the working conditions in home care and pay fair! ona.org/campaign/von...

The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)—the union representing 60,000+ hospital-sector nurses, is entering into two days of arbitration hearings with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) today. Read our full media release below, or on our website: ona.org/news/2025040... #onpoli #onlab

A federal election has been called, and ONA members can make a big difference in defending our public health-care system. On APRIL 28, let’s use our votes to demand better public health care. Get involved here: ona.org/campaign/nur... #NursesVote #CDNpoli #elxn45