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Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) in Northern Ontario are experiencing greater levels of anxiety, workplace violence, workload pressures and other negative impacts when compared to other RPNs across Ontario.
The details, outlined in an RPN Members’ Survey, were released Wednesday by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (OCHU/CUPE) in an online teleconference.
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Michael Hurley, president of OCHU/CUPE, said it shows action is required to improve the working conditions and pay levels for Ontario’s RPNs.
It also showed 72 per cent said there isn t enough staffing to provide quality patient care.
The surveys come as hospitals are facing capacity issues and staffing issues due to the pandemic s third wave.
Local hospitals have implemented intensive care unit (ICU) surge plans, shuffled staff and shuttered services to try to manage the influx of patients from in and out of the region. Hamilton Health Sciences has also been building a field hospital.
As of Tuesday, there are 135 COVID-19 patients in hospital and 62 in the ICU. There are also 23 infected hospital staff and 145 in self-isolation.
Nurses fighting for personal protective equipment
Public Service Alliance of Canada representatives vote to strike
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MONTREAL, May 12, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Meeting virtually in a special assembly last night, the forty or so employees of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in Quebec voted massively in favour of a mandate giving them the right to use pressure tactics that could go as far as a strike.
These union members have been without a contract since May 2019.
Negotiations are respectful, but they are dragging on. The main unresolved issues are pay equity between employees in Quebec and those elsewhere in Canada, as well as internal equity among recruiters who have less favourable working conditions.
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