Queensway Carleton Hospital – Member Update (April 9, 2024)
Hello members! I was lucky enough to attend our Provincial Leadership Meeting on March 26-28 in Toronto. Here were some highlights:
- Transparent bargaining is coming to Hospital sector for central negotiations! This will allow more correspondence and discussion between the ONA Central Bargaining team and our members. Stay tuned for more information.
- Please continue to fill out workload forms and submit to your unit reps, ONA has a new team that helps specifically to follow up on workloads.
- Interesting information around some American states and British Columbia that implemented legislation for safe nursing ratios for patient care.
- The next Provincial Coordinators Meeting will be held June 11-12 in Ottawa and I will be looking to take some of our interested unit reps to view the meeting. More details to come mid May.
Welcome to our new unit reps!
Tyler Watt – A4
Jayme D’Entremont – D4
Zephanie Reeves – Park Place
Amber Lamothe – Day Stay and PACU
Jessica Beachum – AmbCare and Endo
Leanne Gray -B2
We still need reps for C4, ACE and A3! Please step up and support your members!
An expression of interest has also been released for JOHSC reps for Park Place and QCH. Please ask your unit rep for more information.
Workloads:
Please fill out workloads so we can bring them up at HAC, ask your unit rep for help if you are unsure. Workloads can cover staffing challenges (ratios), inability to provide safe patient care due to heavy workloads. We are working with reps to have workload examples provided on the unit for frequently occurring issues. Please follow up with your unit rep.
Grievances:
Please ask your unit rep for guidance to complete a grievance. We continue to look for grievances regarding mandating and reassignment (floating) consecutive shifts. Also working partial tour grievance (4 or 8 hours) please follow up with unit reps for more information. Grievances need to be brough up to your manager and the union within 9 DAYS of the occurrence.
Nursing Week (May 6-12):
Our QCH ONA rep has been working hard on some surprises for our members, stay tuned!
Bargaining Unit President Merissa Pyke local084bup750@ona.org
Queensway Carleton Hospital and Park Place – Join the Joint Occ Health and Safety Committee!
We are in need of 1 member each for our Queensway Carleton Hospital and Park Place Joint Occ Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC.)
As a member of JOHSC your time will be paid for by the hospital and inspections are expected to be conducted during work hours. You will be provided with training and working with a buddy at each site (Laura Gale at QCH and Julissa Edgar at Park Place.)
You will be assisting your team with the following:
- Injuries
- Violence prevention.
- Form 7s.
- Incident reports.
- Inspections and inspection report backs.
- Renovation and new construction planning.
- Risk Assessments.
Please submit your Expression of Interest by May 1, 2024 to L84LV750@ona.org.
In your Expression of Interest please include: Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, Unit and Site (PP or QCH, you must be permanent at the site you are applying to), ONA Membership # and briefly explain why you are interested in the position and any experience you might have that would contribute to JOHSC.
Hospital Members – Help us set demands for bargaining!
When it comes to provincial bargaining, you asked for more transparency and involvement. We heard you loud and clear and are making it happen.
For the upcoming round of hospital provincial bargaining, ONA is trying something new, exciting, engaging – and different for the hospital sector – and you are central to it.
On Tuesday, June 4 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, you are invited to attend the Region 2 hospital demand-setting meeting with other members in your region. The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 29 at 5 p.m.
At this meeting, you can tell your elected hospital provincial negotiating team what you want to see in your bargaining proposals. Register now to attend this virtual meeting that will shape how and what we bargain for.
Hospital Members – Important News Regarding Central (Provincial) Agreement
The Have Your Say questionnaire has been release by ONA and can be found at https://www.ona.org/news-posts/2024-hospital-have-your-say/.
The survey will be open from February 12 to March 15
This is very important. This is where you can address issues in our CENTRAL agreement that you are having problems with.
Suggestions of things you can put in your survey that are addressed at the CENTRAL level are:
- Wages
- Unit specific premium, if you feel you want a higher rate of pay for working on a certain unit
- Getting an NP or CNS pay scale that is centrally bargained for instead of locally.
- Language to clarify what a lay-off is as opposed to a shift cancellation
- Using sick time to get medical appointments off work.
Related to the above is our team that will be doing the actual bargaining needs to be voted in. Please take time to vote as we need a strong team to advocate for us during bargaining. If you haven’t received a pin in the mail please contact onamail@ona.org.
Members will be entitled to vote until no later than 1600h (ET), March 14, 2024
For information on the candidates please go to https://www.ona.org/news-posts/2024-hpnt-elections/
We are located in REGION 2.
Queensway Carleton Hospital – Join our team!
After our exciting fall election our union is still in need of members. Here are the positions we are still in need of and a brief summary of expected duties:
Unit Reps for A4, A3, ACE, C4, D4, PACU, Day Stay, Endo, Amb Care and clinics, Park Place, Birth Unit, MBU and SCN.
- Send monthly updates to Exec about your unit (floating complaints, scheduling problems, scheduling concerns etc.)
- Refer unit member questions to the appropriate exec member.
- Direct new members to our website and Facebook group.
Workload and Professional Responsibility Rep
- One more person to work with Areta.
- Collect completed workload reports from members or unit reps.
- Summarize workloads and help to recognize trends.
Please submit your Expression of Interest by February 16, 2024 to local084bup750@ona.org.
In your Expression of Interest please include: Position of Interest, Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, Unit, ONA Membership # and briefly explain why you are interested in the position.
We are also still looking for a PT negotiating committee rep. The expression of interest for this position will be sent out as bargaining approaches with lots of notice.
We hope that this upcoming year will have lots of member involvement and education! Access ONA has free workshops offered to help you succeed in your position and you can reach out to your BUP prior to taking a workshop to see if we can reimburse you for your time. We also hope to have active members attend ONA conferences this year.
Queensway Carleton Hospital – Health and Safety News (January 24, 2024)
Hello all,
I am a new Health & Safety rep so I attended a workshop today that I signed up for through Access ONA (the online portal) called Health and Safety: What you need to know.
I think it is important to share some of the key points. Please know that you can reach out to me or Laura Gale if you have questions related to health & safety at QCH. We can also help you navigate problems with workplace violence and harassment.
- All employees are legally required to report unsafe or potentially hazardous working conditions. Usually the first person step would be to take concerns to your unit manager. If you are dealing with verbal aggression or intimidation then the first step is to tell the individual to stop. It is strongly suggested but not required to report issues in writing. I would recommend using the RL system so there is a paper trail.
- If you are injured at work you should seek medical attention (you have the right to choose where) and complete a WSIB Form 6 as soon as possible. This form provides WSIB with your account of the events and then they will follow up with the employer. If you obtain medical care the treating MD/NP will need to complete a Form 8.
- Issues that are not resolved through JOHSC are escalated to the Ministry of Labour. If you encounter a critical health and safety concern that needs to be addressed immediately you have the right to call the MoL directly to report.
- The hospital is legally unable to reprimand you for reporting safety concerns (section 50 of OHSA).
- You are always entitled to have an ONA rep present when meeting with the employer to discuss or report issues regarding health & safety, violence and harassment. ONA advises members never to sign a non-disclosure agreement as this would prevent you from accessing support from ONA related to these issues.
Health and Safety Committee Rep Julissa Edgar edgar.julissa@gmail.com
Queensway Carleton Hospital – Member Update (January 19, 2024)
- I have physical copies of the Central Agreement, I am waiting for our Local Agreements to come in and will drop off in break rooms. The agreements are both available on VIP, ONA website and the ONA app which is really great to have on your phone. If you need a hard copy urgently reach out to me and I can bring for you at work.
- The seniority list will be posted under the communication center of VIP (coming soon, not up yet.)
- I have reached out to HR about getting vacation quotas on the VIP vacation planners, they are working on it and have to wait for a system update. Currently there is no date when this will be available so managers have been instructed to post on bulletin boards on units and to communicate this at huddle.
- I am planning on addressing Vocantas concerns and having a meeting with staffing and the LROs in regards to our concerns. Please keep posting on the Facebook thread if you have further concerns and I will compile to bring forward. This might still be a month or two out as I am busy getting settled in the position but I recognize it is a priority.
- If you have reached out to the team and haven’t received an answer in 3 days please follow up, we’re getting emails set up and things might end up in junk mail.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Bargaining Unit President Merissa Pyke local084bup750@ona.org
Welcome to our new Local team!
A big welcome to all of our new Local 84 executive team members starting their positions on Jan. 1, 2024. We look forward to working with you in advocating for our members!