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ONA leaders elected by Halton Healthcare RNs; Important info included

January 20, 2012

Congratulations to the ONA members who were elected as the representatives of your new bargaining unit for Halton Healthcare Services (Oakville-Trafalgar and Milton sites) during the general meeting yesterday evening.

Kerry Bell, a registered nurse from the 2Centre surgical unit at the Oakville-Trafalgar site who is temporarily working on the OR, has been elected the new Bargaining Unit President for Halton.

Joining her on the bargaining unit leadership team as Vice-Presidents are:

Heather Shaver, Milton site
Jackie Hunt, Oakville-Trafalgar site
Olive Riley, Oakville-Trafalgar site
Kelly Gentle, Oakville-Trafalgar site
Karen Champagne, Milton site

We also welcome a number of Unit Representatives to the Bargaining Unit leadership team:

Oakville-Trafalgar Representatives

Marsha Appleby	Maternal Child Unit-Maternity-Prenatal Clinic-Breastfeeding Clinic
Sherry Tickner	Paediatrics-Special Care Nursery/Paeds Clinic/RSV Clinic
Etletha Lindsay	Rehab and Complex Continuing Care Unit
Anna Szulc Olga Katerynych	Medicine (1W, 2E, 4C, 4E, 4W)
Lana Radkin	OR/Recovery Room
Jan Tait	Pre-admit Clinic, Day Surgery
Joan Viaene	Outpatient Clinics, Radiology/Cardiology/Pacemaker, Ophthalmology
Louise Compton	Emergency
Laurie Rogers	Nursing Resource Team
Coleen Williams	Psychiatric Department - Adult Unit-Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit-CAPIS-Crisis Team
Allison Jasin	Inpatient Surgery

Milton Representatives

Doris Tubman

OR PACU

More Opportunities

We have opportunities for ONA members to come forward as a Unit Representative and be the conduit of information in a number of units. If you are a member of the following units (listed below) and would like to become a Unit Representative or to learn more about being a Unit Representative, please contact Region 4 Vice-President Dianne Leclair. As per the Constitution, your Bargaining Unit President will appoint these positions.

Oakville-Trafalgar

Birthing Suite
ICU
Dialysis

Milton

Emergency
Surgery and Medicine
Obstetrics
Rehab and Geriatrics
ICU
Dialysis Burlington Satellite Unit
Outpatient Clinics - Dorval Site

Negotiations Committee Elected

You have also elected your Negotiations Committee that will work with ONA Labour Relations Officer Judith McIlwaine to negotiate your first collective agreement. Your team is:

Kerry Bell, Chair
Donna Arthur, full-time, Oakville
Pat Elsey, part-time, Oakville
Karen Leskun, part-time, Milton

We are seeking one representative (full-time) from Milton to join Kerry, Donna, Pat and Karen on the Negotiations Committee. Please contact Dianne Leclair at dleclair@ona.org for more information. As per the ONA Constitution, your Bargaining Unit President will appoint this position.

Elections for other representatives -- including committee representatives -- will take place at a future date.

Legal Expense Assistance Plan (LEAP) and Malpractice Coverage

If you are interested in being covered by ONA's LEAP plan for representation at the College of Nurses of Ontario, inquests, etc., you will need to pay a one-time $36 fee. Please read more about ONA's LEAP plan here.

In terms of malpractice coverage, you are currently covered by your employer for liability insurance. ONA provides additional secondary insurance (top up) to your employer's insurance. If you would like to be covered, you can pay a one-time payment of $36 which will provide ONA's coverage until dues deduction commences.

If you are interested in either the LEAP plan, the malpractice coverage or both, please complete a LEAP/Malpractice coverage form and submit it with the correct payment amount to:

Dues and Membership
Ontario Nurses' Association
85 Grenville Street, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5S 3A2

Once you are paying dues, your LEAP coverage will continue as part of your dues payment.

I would encourage any Halton ONA members to share this information with your ONA colleagues.

ONA looks forward to working with your Bargaining Unit leaders to improve your wages, benefits and working conditions!

In solidarity,

ONTARIO NURSES' ASSOCIATION

Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN
President

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