SASKATOON - It won't change a baby's diaper, but it will tell parents when the last change happened. Two Saskatoon registered nurses, Cindy Leclerc and Jana Stockham, have created an app to help parents get through the first months with their newborns. NuuNest allows parents to input data after every feeding and diaper change and provides daily tips on infant care. Leclerc and Stockham decided to create the app after parents told them they wished all the information they got after a...... Read More

APRIL 24, 2013, REGINA: The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) opened its 39th Annual Meeting this morning with close to 400 registered nurse delegates and guests in attendance. The three-day event to be held at the Turvey Centre (April 24 & 25, 2013) and Conexus Arts Centre (April 26, 2013) will focus on issues of key professional and political importance to Saskatchewan’s registered nurses. "With so much change happening around us in both the provincial health care and labour environments...... Read More

No surprises here. The results of CBC’s The Fifth Estate "Rate My Hospital" series echo what the health-care community has been saying for decades. What is now needed but has yet to happen is fundamental change and a collective effort at the system, provider and bedside levels. "Nurses care deeply about the quality of their care and the health and safety of their patients," said Barb Mildon, Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) president. "This series shows nurses are concerned with their...... Read More

A nurse's world Where stress is status quo Nearly a quarter of nurses wouldn't recommend the hospital where they work to their family or friends, a survey by CBC News has found. The startling figure comes from an online poll that CBC's flagship investigative show, the fifth estate, distributed to registered nurses across the country as part of Rate My Hospital, a sweeping series about health...... Read More

REGINA – Representatives of organized labour on the advisory committee appointed by the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, the Honourable Don Morgan, are urging the Government of Saskatchewan to place Bill 85 on a much longer legislative track and not to rush passage of the proposed Saskatchewan Employment Act through the spring session of the Legislative Assembly. “At the outset of the Government’s announcement of the labour legislation review in March 2012 trade unionists...... Read More

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and its partners have released a voluntary Standard focused on helping organizations promote psychological health and safety and prevent psychological harm in their workplaces.   Read the MHCC's release   View the Standrd titled Psychological health and safety in the workplace - Prevention, promotion, and guidance to staged implementation ... Read More

Voluntary standard focuses on psychological health, safety of Canadian workers CBC News  |  Janaury 16, 2013 Canadian employers and unions wishing to promote mental health in the workplace can now turn to a new national standard to help boost the well-being of employees. In Toronto on Wednesday, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Canadian Standards Association and Quebec's standards development body (BNQ) launched the voluntary standard on...... Read More

OTTAWA—One of the nastiest fights in years in the House of Commons is coming to a head as Members of Parliament prepare for a vote on the Conservatives’ bid to force labour unions to publicly disclose extensive internal information. The contentious legislation, which opponents see as an attempt to use the Canada Revenue Agency for an attack on 4.3 million union members and the government’s political foes, has been brought forward as a private member’s bill by Conservative MP Russ...... Read More

Ottawa, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 — The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) applauds Health Canada for publishing new regulations with more prescribing authority for nurse practitioners (NPs), midwives and podiatrists. “CNA welcomes this development, a milestone for NPs and the patients they care for,” said Barb Mildon, CNA president. “With these new regulations in place, NPs can provide Canadians with the advanced level of care that is in keeping with their expanded education and...... Read More

Provinces, the sick and seniors will pay the CETA bill Troy Media (November 14, 2012) Harper government caves in to Big Pharma Media Release (November 13, 2012) Statement on the CETA trade deal from the Canadian Health Coalition The Canadian Press (November 13, 2012) Canada prepared to offer costly drug patent concessions to clinch EU trade deal TAKE ACTION TODAY… TELL THE PM CANADIANS CAN’T AFFORD HIGHER DRUG COSTS ... Read More

Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Press Release (November 13, 2012) Occupational Health Officers in Saskatchewan will be empowered to issue financial penalties for non-compliance with health and safety laws at workplaces throughout the province through summary offence ticketing. "Occupational health and safety is a system of shared responsibility," Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. "Summary offence ticketing will serve as a deterrent...... Read More

Since British Columbia MP Russell Hiebert tabled the union dues disclosure bill, every politician and commentator with an opinion on Canada’s unique labour structure has taken it as an excuse to air their views. Every topic from mandatory dues to privacy rights has been aired — raising controversy in an area that has been relatively stable and peaceful for the last 40 years. Now lawyers are weighing in on whether this political dispute has any credence in law. The most obvious dose of...... Read More

Members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) working at the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle have voted 100% in favour of ratifying a new two-year collective agreement. This comes after a tentative agreement was reached in late October after less than one day of bargaining. "This is great news and shows just how well collective bargaining can and does work under existing legislation," says SUN President, Rosalee Longmoore. "Too often these success stories - of which...... Read More

OTTAWA – A Conservative MP who has said his private member’s bill was not part of the government’s agenda has been attending closed-door meetings with senior government players and a vocal anti-organized labour organization – a revelation that is raising red flags among critics. Read it on Global News: Global News | PMO, anti-organized labour group meet behind closed doors on 'transparency' bill ... Read More

On the tail of today’s Speech from the Throne the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) sees opportunity for collaboration on the modernization of labour legislation but cautions against neglecting the significance of these laws in determining overall population health. Full Release ... Read More