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SUN joined close to 1,000 nurses wearing white in marching down historic Barrington Street in Halifax this Friday, June 6, 2015, for the official launch of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions’ effort to emphasize health care issues during the upcoming federal election campaign. For the first time, nurses from across the country are asking Canadians to vote for the health care they…

Canadian public health care nurses worked more than 19 million hours of paid and unpaid overtime in 2014, report shows again Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (Halifax, NS)  – Paid and unpaid overtime continues to exert a significant toll on the health and well-being of frontline nurses and contributes to higher than necessary costs, a new report prepared for the Canadian…

Nurses’ unions release survey data at national convention in Halifax Monday, June 1, 2015 (Halifax) – Canadians are looking for leadership from the federal government to build our national health care system, rather than tear it down, a new poll from Abacus Data, commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, shows. The poll, which was released today by the CFNU during…

SUN President, Tracy Zambory RN, finds the proposed $38 million in RQHR budget cuts troubling. Some of the main areas of concern the region has earmarked for reduction to cover this shortfall and balance the budget include: Reducing 152 fulltime-equivalent positions through reallocating resources and better scheduling, reducing overtime hours and reducing orientation costs among others. We need…

Wednesday’s release of the Saskatchewan Ombudsman report on Margaret Walholm’s care at the Santa Maria Senior Citizen’s Home highlights how much work needs to happen in order to improve the quality of long term care in our province. The report clearly acknowledges that the entire long term care system in Saskatchewan is “under strain.” I know this tragedy hits home…