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