Linda Silas
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Just saw Minister of Health
@PattyHajdu
vote against
#C213
against a national Pharmacare act. Can we ask Why? It’s in your mandate letter from
@JustinTrudeau
It’s in your last election promises—So why? No Millions of Canadians are asking why?
#cdnpoli
#canlab
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Shout out goes to women who are on the front lines of
#COVID19
You light of been undervalued before but not today 👏👏👏
#equalpayday
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We are getting ready for
@ontarionurses
« die-in ». Yes traffic will stop because our health care system is in Crisis —
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It’s is so important to have constructive discussions at all levels of gvts which includes PMO. Merci
@JustinTrudeau
for meeting Canada’s Nurses Unions leaders
@CFNU
Work has to be done to Retain Return and Recruit Nurses.
#cdnpoli
#cdnhealth
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The last time
@AlexSilasPSAC
and I were on a General Strike for
@psac_afpc
was in 1991 Moncton…look at that he hasn’t changed at all
#WorkersCantWait
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Angela Davis gives a shout out 2progressive unions in US like nurses unions
@CanadianLabour
That's u my friends
@CalNurses
@NationalNurses
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Merci PM
@JustinTrudeau
for meeting with the
@CFNU
board on the health care staffing crisis. As I said yesterday, we are ready to work on solutions. Nurses need to see action, they need a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
#TrustNurses
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Canada’s nurses need your help.
#COVID
ー19 Please take a minute and send an email to Minister of Health to ensure we have enough PPEs which are made to protect all of us Merci
@CFNU
#Safetyisnotnegotiable
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New president of
@ontarionurses
ER Nurse from Kitchener
@erinariss
—sends a strong message to Ontario Nurses. Stay strong, together we are a collective mighty union force !
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Well nurses in Saskatoon showing support to
@psac_afpc
@psacprairies
on the picket lines. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@SUNnurses
#WorkersCantWait
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Sorry
@erinotoole
C est exactement durant une pandémie Qu on doit parler de la vaccination
#Elxn44
#trustnurses
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.
@CTFFCEpresident
Sam rallying
@CUPEOntario
Education workers supporters ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿We r in this together
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Look at that matchy matchy w/
@ontarionurses
hot pink is
@CUPEOntario
shut it down rally
#supportnurses
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Canadians place a high value on public health care. But that doesn’t seem to matter to Doug Ford. He’s pushing ahead on for-profit care, and he’s moving as quickly as possible to get it.
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The simmering frustration nurses have been feeling is reaching a boiling point. We are done asking for basic respect, safety and fairness – now we are demanding action, and we are united to fight for the fairness we deserve.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
#canlab
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.
@erinotoole
You know what's not affordable? An epidemic of forced overtime by nurses across the county. Let's put that OT $$$ into hiring more nurses and improving care.
#leadersdebate2021
@CFNU
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Ok that’s a step in the right direction
@TimHoustonNS
just announced no strings attached $10000 to every nurses in the public system in NS just to say Thank you and another $10k if u commit to 2 years FT.
@NS_nurses
Great work 🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻
#RetainingourNurses
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Teachers, educational workers, nurses, public servants …all workers together for fair deals Merci
@CTFFCEpresident
Sam Hammond
#educationalworkers
@CUPEOntario
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I’ve spent my life fighting for working people and in 100 days I will be standing for election as the new president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
#Ready
✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Join Team Linda:
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Proudly joining
@ICNurses
campaign
#NursesforPeace
Enough of wars, occupations and violence everywhere! Time we take care of each other and our planet!! From
@CFNU
stay strong nurses worldwide ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#canlab
#cndpoli
#StandWithUkraine
️
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Too much OT, not enough staff, nurses worried not only for their patients but themselves—my message today
@jnorthcottCBC
@CBCNews
—Retain the nurses we have by supporting them—Return the ones who left —Recruit new ones All levels of gvts need to Action Plan!
@CFNU
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Off to
@ontarionurses
rally today at noon Queenspark. Why ONA is at the bargaining table and what should be the Year for Nurses. Employer is ignoring our plea to retain which only means more nurses will leave =more closures/ delays Come and join me
#SupportNurses
@CFNU
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Nurses are DONE asking for basic respect, fairness, safety and support. We’re organizing a national day of action to demand change. Get involved:
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As I say in this article, provinces are offering patchwork solutions to retain & recruit nurses, but the real issue is crushing workloads/understaffing.
The nursing shortage is a national crisis and requires a federal solution.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
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What an honour to attend
@theRCN
when nurses worldwide stand up for themselves , they stand up for safe patient care!
#RatiosSavesLives
#Nurses
#RCN24
Today
@CFNUPresident
Linda Silas joined RCN members for a rousing talk on the fight for safe nurse-to-patient ratios and the importance of nurse activism. Whether in Canada or the UK, working together in solidarity, nurses are a powerful force for change💪
#UnitedAndStrong
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Today I made it official to our
#canlab
of my intent to stand for
@CanadianLabour
President
#LindaforCLC
Our common goals can only be realized when proven fighters like us come together, and I’m ready to lead that fight!
#Solidarity2020
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Dug up the 2018
@liberal_party
convention's policy prioritization doc. The
#1
priority: "Implementing Universal Access to Necessary Medicines."
Just in case a certain MP needs a reason to give a f***. 🤷♀️
#pharmacareNOW
#pharmacare
#cndpoli
#canlab
src:
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Thinking of
@ontarionurses
nurses Sending strength and hope that this will pass and you will be recognized for the Heroes you truly are
#CovidWarriors
#canlab
@fordnation
pay attention!
#onpoli
#criticalnursingshortage
@CFNU
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Yes
@ontarionurses
@vickim_RN
is in the house supporting teachers and educators
@AEFO_ON_CA
@osstf
@OECTAProv
@osstf
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.
@DrSamirSinha
is a world renowned geriatric expert and one of Canada’s strongest Seniors advocates Tonight on
@CBCNews
he spoke up for Care workers who need respect +full time jobs 💪
#canlab
says 2
#cdnpoli
time to listen to the good doctor
#DecentWork
and not only w/
#Covid
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Check out my latest piece on long-term care, co-authored w/ Dr. Pat Armstrong. We call on governments to:
✔️ Delete profit from LTC
✔️ Make it public
✔️ Create basic standards for care, OH&S, staffing
Read more via
@TorontoStar
.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
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Interesting to hear
@fordnation
saying Thank u to the Military for speaking out when so many have rang the alarms bells over and over and the Premier just remained tone deaf
#ontpoli
#canlab
Military raise concerns about conditions Ontario care homes
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Instead of wishing you a happy Nursing Week, I am wishing for a changed health care system where nurses are prioritized, not compromised.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
#NursingWeek2021
#NursesWeek2021
#NurseTwitter
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I have written an op ed in today's Edmonton Journal highlighting how – contrary to their assertions – the UCP's plan to privatize health care will actually lead to decreased access and longer wait times.
#cdnhealth
#ableg
@UnitedNurses
@ABFedLabour
#canlab
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.
@ontarionurses
walk the picket line
#SupportNurses
so lucky to have Local 180 of the musicians union to energize us in -24 ✊🥶
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THIS is why nurses are holding a national day of action on Sept 17.
Read my latest on Canada's critical nursing shortage and how it is impacting Ontario, with
@vickim_RN
via
@TheSpec
.
#frontlineunited
#canlab
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
#elxn44
@ontarionurses
👇
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So proud of our badass nurses stay strong, doing our job protecting the public, our patients and HCWs is what we are all about
@NationalNurses
@CFNU
@GlobalNursesU
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Rarely put a cartoon or joke I can’t give credit to the owner …but on the eve of a storm it’s too precious not to share
#NurseTwitter
#Worthmore
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Look who we got to meet
#COF2019
@jkenney
is hearing everything he needs about healthcare and labour rights from
@unajane
@UnitedNurses
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Ok just dropped in to
@ontarionurses
bargaining committee and they are full of piss and vinegar and so will we at the All OUT SHUT DOWN protest
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I am not only disappointed with the outcome of today’s vote, I am left wondering how so many Liberal MPs can justify rejecting this bill. It closely mirrors recommendations from the government’s own advisory council.
#canlab
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
@MPJulian
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History being made
@theJagmeetSingh
introducing the Canada Pharmacare Act
@cfnu
is proud to see
@CanadianLabour
@HealthCoalition
@CdnDrs4Medicare
supporting this important steps
#PharmacareNow
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.
@PEINursesUnion
joining
@UPEIFA
on their picket lines in Charlottetown. Solidarity all around ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
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Look at this
@etfopresident
Teachers and Nurses
@ontarionurses
standing strong together
#cutshurtkids
#onpoli
@vickim_RN
@bev_mathers
@CFNU
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.
@picardonhealth
look at this …we travelled to Vancouver for nothing
#HMM
I’m sure you will agree —Enough of the political games while our health workforce is gasping for air!
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How energizing was that ..walking the
@psacprairies
@psac_afpc
picket line in Saskatoon w/
@TracyZam
@SUNnurses
and Kevin picket captain
#WorkersCantWait
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It is beyond disappointing that the FPTs continue to squabble while nurses + health care workers are overworked/under-resourced and patients are waiting hours for the care they need. Nurses are exhausted and fed up of this back and forth - put aside these political games and act!
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Today's decision is a historic victory for Canada's medicare. Nurses will continue demanding increased public funding and better care for all, not just the wealthy few who can pay their way.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
#cdnmedia
#canlab
#cdnlaw
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Today is my son’s bday. Such a strong kind young man who is growing into a proud unionist. What else could a mother wish for ❤️ bonne fête Alexandre je suis si fière de toi
@silasphere
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To all of nurses health care workers and first responders who are working this long weekend of
#Thanksgiving
@CFNU
team. Says Merci
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It is with some sadness but renewed resolve that I announce I am withdrawing my candidacy to become the next president of the Canadian Labour Congress. Read my full message below.
#canlab
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W/ close to 400 activists from across Canada
@CanadianLabour
@CFNU
NEB is in Ottawa to lobby for a national pharmacare for all
#canlab
@Debbie_Forward
@TracyZam
@MonaOShea
@PaulineWorsfold
@JanetHazey
@ManitobaNurses
@UnitedNurses
@PaulaNBNU
@ontarionurses
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As a strong believer that access to health care is a human rights for all. Proud to hear
#icn2017
SDG 3 being explained as a goal for nurses
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Dont know about u but my level of stress is higher these days
#safetyisnotnegotiable
#Covid_19
so my partner forces me to a walk every day after work even this am in the rain Merci ❤️
#Selfcare
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Nurses, thank you for everything you do – the care you provide, the smiles you share, the strength you use to fight for your patients and colleagues.
I’ll keep fighting to make sure you have the respect and support you deserve✊
#NursingWeek2023
#NursesRock
#NurseTwitter
Happy National Nursing Week from the CFNU!
We want to feel celebratory, but as
@CFNUPresident
Linda Silas says in this opinion piece, we know there is much work to be done to
#SupportNurses
.
Read the article⤵️
#NursingWeek2023
#cdnhealth
#canlab
#cdnpoli
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Canada’s Nursing Union leaders meeting for the 1st face to face in. 2.5 years and we are energized -full of piss and vinegar to fix the nursing crisis 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿
@CFNU
#NursesMatters
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On behalf of
@ManitobaNurses
proud to join
@psacprairies
@psac_afpc
picket line w/
@MFLabour
@CanadianLabour
@CFNU
@KevinRebeck
@officiallybwood
#WorkersCantWait
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Nurses need urgent support, as I say in this piece, and that means fixing understaffing, poor physical and mental health, and workplace violence that existed before COVID.
#cdnhealth
#cdnpoli
#nursetwitter
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.
@CanadianLabour
lobby day Nurses r in the house or I should say on the Hill We will be talking to MPs Senators on PharmacareNow, Minimum wage, protecting our pensions and stop all level of Violence Merci
@CFNU
@ManitobaNurses
@ontarionurses
#canlab
#cdnpoli
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Ok it’s official
#BidenHarris2020
it’s a win.
@CFNU
Canada’s nurses congratulates our colleagues and friends
@NationalNurses
Your fight
#MedicareForAll
is getting real
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No action for nurses and patients from the Ontario government today is absolutely shameful.
@fordnation
we said it a month ago and we’ll say it until you hear us: nurses are ready to fix this crisis, and we need to be at the table working together to end the
#NursingShortage
now.
President
@CathrynOna
says "The crisis is anything but temporary, and the government must wake up to that fact and listen to the solutions we have been telling them exist."
Read the full release here:
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Message to
@fordnation
@celliottability
It is urgently time to ACT. Yes
#RepealBill124
plus build a strong Nursing retention/recruitment strategies before it is too late ⏰
@JohnFraserOS
@AndreaHorwath
#blueribbonmovement
#onpoli
@ontarionurses
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As I left
@PEINursesUnion
I heard that this small and mighty union is donating $4170 collected at their AGM 💪 to the 86 striking nurses in Windsor Essex
@ontarionurses
stay strong We r all with u to negotiate at strong contract w/
@TheWECHU
#thisiswhatsolidaritylookslike
@CFNU
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Seniors deserve better. Please take 30 seconds to tell
@fordnation
it's time to put care before profits at:
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Canada’s nurses
@CFNU
who are on the frontline fighting
#COVID19
say Merci
@theJagmeetSingh
» NO to a federal election at this time. » I say-Like really! we have so much to do to help all Provinces and Territories and help Canadians
#canlab
#cdnpoli
Let’s Stay focus
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As I, like many, get ready to work in self isolation, thinking of the 1000’s of nurses healthcare workers who are starting or finishing their shift dressed in full PPE to protect themselves, patients and families. Merci🧡 Ruth Sutton and
@CFNU
ST
@PaulineWorsfold
#COVID19
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Merci
@cowsicecream
for designing a T-shirt just for Canada’s Nurses —Yes Nurses want to be “herd” and we will !
@CFNU
#WeGotThis
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Standing strong with Ontario teachers and education workers
@OECTAprez
be so proud of your members today
@SharleenStewart
and
@linda4workers
✊
#cutshurtkids
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You know it takes strong people to do amazing things. Like our friend
@jmsimpson1
who has just been elected the first black woman president of any national union
@cupw
Yes Jan u r holding the world in your hands 👏 👏👏
#canlab
#cdnpoli
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International Women’s Day always reminds me how proud I am to be part of a strong movement of badass feminists making the world a better place. Today is for us! Take a moment to celebrate yourself and how far we’ve all come. Together, we’ll go even further💪
#IWD2024
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Happy coincidence to meet one of my sheroes in the Sydney airport
@cblackst
🧡defending Indigenous Children rights worldwide—just like we defend Health care for all
#AdvocacyAlways
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I have lived in
#Ottawa
for 18 years what a great city w/ so much potential That’s why I’m supporting
@cmckenney
for Mayor
#Mckenney2022
#Imwiththem
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Great show of support for nurses
@ontarionurses
w/
@CanadianLabour
@Ottawalabour
@UniforTogether
and many teachers unions
#SupportNurses
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A strong standing ovation to
@DrEricHoskins
when he announces that he will be introducing legislation to include nurses in PTSD work related injuries
@ontarionurses
@CFNU
say 👍
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Remember
@JimboStanford
when we were
@ituc
in Copenhagen we did drink from boxes and it worked We all have a responsibility to make a difference to our planet 🌎
Please read the comments section to evaluate the effectiveness of yet another Conservative candidate's intervention in the battle of ideas. Now in a close race for the gold medal with
@fordnation
's corner store selfies and
@MacLeodLisa
's swipe at
@RealKiefer
.
#LovingIt
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Historical meeting of the advisory Committee to Canada’s Chief Nurse Dr Chapman
@LeighChappy
Topic Nursing Retention!!Proud 2b part of w/
@CINANurses
@TheCBNA
@canadanurses
@DrNurseNat
@CynthiaJohansen
@ladywignall
adding nursing researchers and principle nursing advisors
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On behalf of
@CFNU
we applaud
@ontarionurses
to denounce these hate activities
ONA does not in any way endorse the recent convoy protests. We take the misuse of ONA emails & local positions seriously. We denounce racism in all its forms and call on members to be allies. We are actively engaged in calling out racism and discrimination, today and every day.
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Look at this. Not rocket science on how to retain nurses. Message from
@ICNurses
@HowardCatton
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.
@AlexSilasPSAC
is out Proud union mama relieved merci +++ for all the support ….now let’s always stand strong for unions rights
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As we think of the last few weeks, months and years…we are grateful to those holding us together🧡
#Thanksgiving2022
I’m thinking of Canada’s nurses
#grateful
@CFNU
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So impressed with my Labour movement
@CanadianLabour
@SKFedLabour
We r moving mountains to join
@Unifor594
@UniforTheUnion
in their fight to protect pensions to protect jobs. Regina
@CoopFCL
we r on our way. An injury to one is an injury to all
#canlab
@SUNnurses
join me
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The first chief nurse I worked w/
@JudithShamian
to our current
@LeighChappy
both influencing
@ICNurses
agenda
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Join me in declaring that 2023 will be the year for Nurses—and I stress FOR nurses —help and respect is needed urgently
#cdnhealth
#2023YearforNurses
@CFNU
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W/ Bernie Robinson
@BernieReg2VPONA
Prez of
@ontarionurses
+ Karen McCoy prez
@onalocal214
#SupportNurses
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As we start our day; thoughts and prayers r sent to the family and friends of all those supporting the Humboldt Broncos family including the first responders, doctors, nurses and health care workers.
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Je vis à Ottawa depuis 18 ans—quelle belle ville avec tant de potentiel—C’est pour ça que je supporte
@cmckenney
pour maire
#Mckenney2022
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Interesting read: think about how would Employers \gvts would react if Nurses/ HCWs just left their job and took to the streets: the truth is if we even speak out how bad it is for us or for patients we can get fired
#trustnurse
via
@torontostar
@CFNU
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This is not just about
@cupw
it s about the right to free collective bargaining for all workers
@mcwalker64
@CanadianLabour
#CanLab
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👏👏💪💪
@KatharineSmart
@CMA_Docs
prez on
@PnPCBC
message to politiciens « stop saying we have it under control—we don’t have it under control »
#COVID19
Health care workers needs support Need help Need to be respected and listen to!
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Wish I lived in
#OttawaCenter
just to vote 4
@JoelHardenONDP
He is always our our side Always in our rallies Joel is one of us…even if he not a nurse ;).
#OntarioVotes
#NursesVote
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