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National Day of Action September 17 Nurses Are "Done Asking"From BC to Newfoundland and Labrador, nurses raised their voices on September 17 about their untenable working conditions. They called on governments to take immediate action to support nurses and all health care workers under the theme "Done Asking."
Nurses are speaking in their own names and creating public opinion
for the solutions that are needed, rejecting the high-handed
dictatorial decrees of governments which make the situation worse. They
are demonstrating through their work and their stands that their
working conditions are essential to provide the health care of the
people of
Canada and Quebec and defending their rights and the rights of all. BC |
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and nurses unions in
the provinces and Quebec organized car caravans, pickets, rallies,
press conferences and social
media events to draw attention to the demands of nurses for safe
staffing levels and pay and working conditions that they need to do
their jobs. In announcing the day of actions the CFNU pointed out that
"Seventeen months into a deadly pandemic, and more than a decade into a
chronic nursing shortage, nurses and health care staff are
overworked, underpaid, burnt out, and suffering moral distress because
there are not enough staff to provide the care patients deserve."
