ONTARIO NURSES DESERVE MORE
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Nurses need change! We are no longer going to just take the inequality that we are forced to deal with. This platform was created to share information regarding Bill 124, and other inequalities nurses face in terms of pay and legislations.
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What is Bill 124?
Bill 124 was introduced by the Ontario government at the end of 2019. Bill 124 limits the ability of unions to bargain fairly for their members.
For the next three years, predominantly female professions (teachers and nurses) are restricted to no more than a 1% increase in pay (for context, Ontario Provincial police got 2.15%). Additionally, the Bill exempts male-dominated professions such as police and firefighters.
“As the union representing registered nurses and health-care professionals in Ontario, ONA believes Bill 124 discriminates against nurses and all Ontarians,” says ONA President Vicki McKenna, RN. “This legislation is nothing but a continued attack on the right to free collective bargaining without interference, as was affirmed in 2015 in a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. More alarming is the fact that this legislation could likely deepen the already serious nursing shortage in Ontario, and have negative effects on health care and public safety.”
“Ontario’s highly skilled RNs will again fall further behind with a wage increase that does not come close to the rate of inflation or the increases received by their male comparators.”
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Outraged nurses take to Ottawa streets to protest wage legislation
June 18, 2020
Holding signs saying “From Hero to Zero” and “Kill Bill 124”, among other things, nurses took to the sidewalks in front of Ottawa hospitals Thursday to express their frustration with a provincial bill that caps their pay increase at one per cent.
Outraged Ontario Hospital RNs Taking Action to Fight Wage Suppression Legislation
June 12, 2020
In the wake of a successful Charter challenge against Manitoba's wage-suppression legislation and outrage at the impact of similar legislation in Ontario, the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is calling for an immediate exemption for its members from Ontario's wage-suppression legislation, Bill 124.