Nursing Homes Settlement Reached
24 Nov 06 -- The new three-year agreement for Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) nursing home members includes an increase of 10.75 per cent and some health and welfare benefit, premium and vacation improvements. The agreement covers approximately 1,200 registered nurses who work in nursing homes in the province.“ONA focused its negotiations efforts on the issues our members told us are their priorities,” said Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, ONA President. “Member research revealed that wages and benefits improvements were priorities, and we are pleased that a contract could be negotiated with representatives from the province's nursing home sector.”
Further details of the agreement were discussed with ONA Local Coordinators and Bargaining Unit Presidents in Toronto on November 3, and ONA members held ratification votes during the week of November 6.
ONA nursing home members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the agreement.