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The CFNU is the national voice for nearly 200,000 nurses and student nurses across Canada. We are relentless advocates for the health and safety of our members and the patients that we care for from coast to coast. Join us as we speak up for a stronger health care system and a better workplace for all nurses.
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January 19, 2018

Statement from Linda Silas regarding Unifor's disaffiliation from the CLC

Dear CFNU members, By now, most of you have likely learned about Unifor’s decision to leave the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), as of January 17, 2018. I join CLC President, Brother Hassan Yussuff, in expressing my deep disappointment with this news, and I commit to redoubling my efforts to help build a strong CLC. We, […]

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January 17, 2018

“Kicked, punched, spat on, sworn at, or worse”: Canada’s nurses convene union roundtable to tackle the crisis of violence in health care

Media Release OTTAWA, Jan. 17, 2018  — As violence rates in the health care sector continue to escalate, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) has convened a two-day roundtable of 17 unions representing health care workers from across the country. “Every day nurses and frontline care providers go to work knowing they may be […]

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December 19, 2017

Participate in the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Study!

Survey now closed.   The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has launched a Nurse Practitioner (NP) project aimed at developing recommendations for governments and policy-makers across Canada to improve NP working conditions to better attract and retain NPs, and expand NP positions throughout the health care system. About three million Canadians receive care from an […]

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