Media Advisory – Ontario Nurses’ Association President to Speak on Workplace Violence

from CNW Group

TORONTO – Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, will mark May Day 2008 by joining placard-waving front-line nurses and others calling for an end to workplace violence.

Haslam-Stroud will speak about a series of violent incidents in Ontario health-care facilities that threaten the health and safety of front-line nurses. She and ONA members will rally Queen’s Park. Recent incidents include those at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Rouge Valley Health System’s Centenary site.

Nurses suffer more workplace violence than any other profession – including police and firefighters, according to recent research.

ONA is the union representing 54,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in Ontario hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community and industry.

What: Ontario Nurses’ Association President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, marks May Day 2008 at a rally at Queen’s Park on workplace violence.

Where: Queen’s Park, Toronto

When: 12:00 noon to 1 pm, Thursday, May 1, 2008