The Ford government has announced a $5000 bonus for front line nurses. Full details are coming but RPNs are included & it will be pro-rated for part-time nurses. This bonus will not be reflected on the base rate.

Increasing violence directed at hospital staff is among factors driving the worsening staffing shortage in Ontario’s health sector, say two unions representing nearly 70,000 hospital workers province-wide.

Premier urged to look at real threats to Ontario hospital viability and staffing crisis; high workloads, chronic understaffing, high infection risks and violence.

Sonja Bernhard used to sit in her car and cry at the end of a shift at the Hamilton long-term care home where she had been deployed to help with the pandemic. Like other front-line health workers, the registered practical nurse found working during the pandemic physically and emotionally gruelling. She continues to deal with fallout from it.

Nurses' Week Newsletter May 2021

A Message from the President & Members of Local 786 During Nurses Week It’s a been a year of sacrifice, risk and unprecedented challenges like no other. We are so very grateful to the registered practical nurses (RPNs) at St. Joseph’s Healthcare – Members of CUPE 786. Your skills, determination and [...]

It's Nurses Week! Print out this poster, take a photo with it and show your support for all those hard working Nurses out there who put their own safety on the line to help others in need. Thank you Nurses!

Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us Launch Dear Brothers, Sisters and friends, On March 8, CUPE, SEIU, and Unifor health and long-term care workers launched their campaign to demand respect, protection, and adequate compensation for all health care workers: Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us.  Following the overstress of health care resources and [...]