List of Pickets
The vulnerable residents of Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes need safe, timely and appropriate care. Yet every day, understaffing and unequal wages with hospitals create conditions that don’t allow nurses and health-care professionals to provide the care they know residents need. This is driving more staff away.
For-profit nursing homes corporations put profit over care, leading to dangerous conditions for residents and staff.
These corporations make record profits, like Extendicare, which made $1.3 billion in 2023 alone. Meanwhile, their residents have a lower standard of living and their staff earn lower wages than nurses in hospitals.Front-line nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered practical nurses and personal support workers are fighting for care, not profit. They are negotiating a new contract with their employers that includes staffing ratios and equal wages with hospitals.
Support nurses and health-care professionals and demand corporations invest in staffing ratios and equal wages so residents get the care they need and deserve.
Take action
Send a message to the Extendicare CEO. Board Chair and the Minister of Long-Term Care at https://www.ona.org/nh-bargaining/#action