Toronto, Ontario, April 12, 2024 /CNW/ – Hundreds of Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) members staged 37 pickets at corporate for-profit long-term care facilities in communities across the country. Ontario today. Nurses and medical professionals are demanding that for-profit nursing home corporations stop sacrificing resident care while reaping billions of dollars in revenue.
“We fight for care, not profit, and we advocate for vulnerable residents. in ontario “Corporate-owned long-term care homes,” says ONA Governor. Erin Alice, RN. “Our residents deserve quality care, yet what we are seeing is wealthy corporations making record profits on behalf of our residents and the people who care for them. It's not right and it's not safe.”
ONA will soon enter into contract negotiations with its 3,000 members in the field, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, personal support workers, and guest attendants. The union's top two bargaining demands are staffing ratios to improve resident care and hospital nurses and medical professionals to help retain and attract more workers to the field. equal pay.
“Current staffing levels make it extremely difficult to ensure residents receive the care they need,” Aris noted. “If these companies don't invest in staffing and pay equity, they will continue to impact our hospitals, communities, and our entire health care system. The pandemic should have been a wake-up call, but instead… “It's a business problem,” as is common at Extendicare and other for-profit nursing home companies. ”
“We will not give up on this fight for our residents, who deserve dignity and the best care possible, and our communities, who deserve strong long-term care systems.”
ONA is a union representing more than 68,000 registered nurses and health professionals and 18,000 nursing student affiliates who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, communities, clinics, and industry. I am.
Source Ontario Nursing Association
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