TORONTO – Staff at SickKids Hospital organized a demonstration today, calling on the employer to join the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP). The call comes after workers became aware that their current pension will leave them retiring in poverty because the employer failed to contribute to the plan for decades.

On September 18, 2024, ONA members, Board and staff will be marching with members of Grassy Narrows First Nation in Toronto.

Premier Ford’s decision to close certain life-saving supervised drug consumption facilities will cost lives and hurt communities. It will also lead to increasing the burden on already stretched Emergency Medical Services and on our ERs and hospitals.

TORONTO, ON – On Wednesday morning leaders from the Ontario Nurses’ Association, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Canadian Union of Public Employees called on the Ontario government to prioritize home and community care workers and the services they provide across the province.  

We proudly support members of CUPE 3903. We recognize the notable gains they have achieved and their resilience in their recent strike action.

THUNDER BAY, ON, October 25, 2023 – Healthcare workers including nurses, personal support workers, clinical staff, and social workers at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay are taking action to oppose the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics.

As your ONA Provincial President and CEO, we are writing to express our strong solidarity with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and our firm stance against hate in all its forms.

BELLEVILLE, ON., September 6, 2023 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are amping up the pressure on the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties’ Board of Health today, holding an “All-Out” rally outside as the board meets inside. Workers were joined by members of their unions, community supporters, clients, local and national labour representatives and politicians.

On behalf of its 68,000 members, the Ontario Nurses’ Association is expressing solidarity with 3,700 front-line Metro grocery workers who began strike action on Saturday, July 29.

TORONTO, ON – Workers from hospitals across Toronto held a series of rallies today outside St. Joseph’s Health Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Providence Healthcare to speak out against the Ford government’s plan to privatize hospital services. Healthcare workers from the three sites, which are operated by Unity Health Toronto, included nurses, personal support workers, laboratory technologists, health care aides, cleaners, clerical staff, and many more.