Lakehead Chapter of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario gathered Wednesday at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to hear from their members, as well as provincial president Claudette Holloway
THUNDER BAY — The calls continue from across Ontario to implement an increased minimum wage for registered practical nurses and improve working conditions.
“Our nurses continue to feel burnt out. They feel the biggest thing is that they feel valued by our provincial government since we've had Bill 124 struck down. But we have a premier that continues to pursue that,” Holloway said. “Nurses are only expecting fair compensation, fair and equitable workloads which don’t stress them out develop their career here in Ontario.”
An Ontario court found Bill 124 unconstitutional late last year, but the government decided to appeal that decision. In May, a poll of nurses in Ontario showed more than 60 per cent were prepared to leave the profession.
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