Political Action

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We know how tough it is on the front lines. We’ve been yelled at, humiliated, and put in harm’s way. But as a powerful and mature union, we will not be silenced. We speak up where we see employer policies and government decisions that impact our ability to provide quality care. And we don’t give up. After all, when we all come together on a common issue, we’re hard to ignore.

March 23, 2026: OLTCA (Ontario LTC Association) Rally!

ONA members including ONA082 were out and visible supporting nurses' calls for CARE NOT PROFITS and SAFE STAFFING in advance of bargaining in the long term care sector. It may have been a cold morning, but the energy was palpable. While the picket line marched and chanted outside, another large group infiltrated the OLTCA's Annual General Meeting room. Entering the room chanting "care not profits," despite the objections of the OLTCA the ONA contingent occupied the meeting room for 15 minutes before being removed by hotel security. The voice of ONA members could not be denied! Members of the OLTCA now clearly know that this round of bargaining will not be "business as usual."

Amazing work by all who attended this rally and leafleted, picketed or stormed the meeting room!!! Let's keep moving forward!

March 20, 2025: All Out Rally at Mt. Sinai and UHN.

ONA082 members were out and visible supporting nurses' calls for SAFE STAFFING RATIOS and demands to keep healthcare PUBLIC! We interacted with the public getting signatures for our petition to Queen's Park, and also gained media attention as well! Thanks to everyone who came out and made this successful!

2025 Provincial Election Candidate Petitions

Thousands ONA hospital members across the province signed a petition demanding that candidates in the provincial election support nursing ratios if they get elected. Members from ONA082 bargaining units at Mount Sinai and Women's College Hospital presented NDP candidate, Jessica Bell with our petitions and asked for her support, which she emphatically gave.

2025 Hospital Bargaining - Have a Heart

We banded together with ONA members across Ontario to deliver a message directly to our hospital CEOs, urging them to have a heart and implement Nursing Rations Now! Each of these hearts was signed by one of our ONA82 nurses or health-care professionals.

2025 Hospital Bargaining - All-Out Rally (January 29, 2025)

On January 29, we joined hundreds of ONA members and community allies in downtown Toronto outside mediation talks between ONA and the Ontario Hospital Association. Raising the concerns of nurses across the province is what our Union does, and this is one of the ways we do it!

Sick Kids Pension Solidarity (December 3, 2024)

We joined in solidarity alongside workers from Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and CUPE Ontario outside SickKids Foundation to demand that their employer give them a proper pension. We support the fight of these workers for a proper pension that allows them to retire above the poverty line!

Understaffing Graveyard (November 14, 2024)

ONA members staged a hospital understaffing graveyard outside the Ontario Hospital Association. We held a funeral to call attention to the loss of nurse and health-care professional positions and hours and to put pressure on hospital CEOs to reverse their deliberate and detrimental decreases in staffing levels.