Tag: RPNs

• The RPN Report: A newsletter for OPSEU RPNs!

  Issue #1 / April 2017 A newsletter for OPSEU members working as registered practical nurses in community health care, mental health, hospital support, long-term care, corrections and developmental services Welcome to RPN Report: Your voice in OPSEU and the workplace On behalf of more than 4,000 OPSEU members working across Ontario as registered practical nurses,…

  April 6, 2017

  Bargaining, Campaigns

  Certifications, Newsletter, RPNs

• RPN Biennial Leadership Meeting

  Join Us! One RPN from each OPSEU bargaining unit where RPNs are represented is invited to come to Toronto for a one-day meeting to participate in discussions and make recommendations on workplace issues that are specific to the RPN classification. If additional RPNs wish to attend, they may do so at the expense of the local.…

  April 5, 2017

  Campaigns, Events

  RPNs

• Welcome to OPSEU’s RPN Occupational Division!

  Your voice in OPSEU/SEFPO and the workplace The RPN Occupational Division is dedicated to promoting recognition of the scope, practice and professional responsibilities of RPNs. The division  works to advance demands for bargaining and workload issues that  apply to all RPNs across the province in every sector they work in. The RPN Occupational Division will:…

  December 2, 2016

  Campaigns

  RPNs

• OPS manager pay hikes: ‘It’s good to know there’s money around,’ Thomas says

  Toronto – Big pay hikes for managers in the Ontario Public Service are a sure sign the province can afford to put money into public services and roll back years of public sector wage cuts, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says. “I guess some people are upset about big raises…

  Andy Pedersen

  November 30, 2016

  Campaigns, Media

  Media release, RPNs

• Rally to Save our Hospitals

  Ajax, Bowmanville, Oshawa, Scarborough and Port Perry are all threatend by two giant hospital mergers that are estimated to cost more than $47 million dollars. These mergers will come at the cost of major cuts to vital hospital services in our communities. It is OPSEU members on the front lines of health care that provide these…

  October 31, 2016

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Events

  RPNs

• RPN Occupational Division Committee Members

  Christine Marshall, Chair Sector 11 – Hospital Support marshallchristine320@gmail.com Autumn Butsch, Vice Chair OPS Corrections missautmmm@gmail.com Shannon Nolan, Treasurer Sector 8 – Long-Term Care shannonnolanl214@gmail.com Ann MacDonald, Secretary Sector 10 – Hospital Professionals Division ann_mac@hotmail.com Deborah Black-Smith, Representative Sector 11 – Hospital Support dblackdsmith@hotmail.com Roslynn Blodgett , Representative Sector 18 – Mental Health roslynnblodgett@gmail.com

  Andy Pedersen

  June 16, 2016

  Campaigns

  RPNs

• OPSEU “deeply disappointed” with RNAO attack on Registered Practical Nurses

  Toronto – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is expressing surprise and disappointment at a position paper of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario that calls for the elimination of Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) from acute care settings in the province’s hospitals. “Everything about health care these days is based on integrating people with different…

  Andy Pedersen

  May 12, 2016

  Bargaining, Campaigns, Media

  Fighting Privatization, Media release, RPNs

• Hospital Professionals’ members to budget committee: stop the cuts!

  Hospital Professionals’ members to budget committee: stop the cuts! On February 2, the OPSEU Hospital Professionals Executive made a submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on behalf of all members who work in the hospital professionals sector. Hospital professionals are key players in maximizing patient recovery, and when their services are…

  Andy Pedersen

  February 10, 2016

  Campaigns

  Fighting Privatization, RPNs