The Saskatchewan Government recently announced successful recruitment efforts for nurses from two international recruitment efforts in the Philipines as well as efforts in nursing grads within the province and across the country. The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) has reacted and says that while all recruitment efforts are great and necessary, people need to remember […]
Registered nurses at the Jim Pattison Children’s hospital in Saskatoon say the situation at the hospital is the worst they have ever seen. “They think every time they say that, it can’t get any worse” according to Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses. “Here we are with it being a collapsed part […]
Canada’s representatives of frontline nurses were in Ottawa this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, and Minister of Seniors Kamal Khera. The nurses discussed critical actions needed to tackle the dire shortage of nurses and save Canada’s public health care system. Tracey Zambory, the president of the Saskatchewan […]
The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is calling on the provincial government to set up a task force to look into chronic staffing shortages. 83 percent of nurses say there is an unfilled temporary or permanent job at their place of work. SUN First Vice President Denise Dick says the task force would include government, employers, […]
Saskatchewan nurses are ‘demoralized, exhausted, and losing confidence in provincial leadership.’ That is according to an annual survey of membership conducted by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) Over 82 per cent of SUN members reported a permanent or temporary vacancy for registered nurses in their workplace, which is more than double the 39 per cent […]
After the Government of Saskatchewan announced COVID-19 changes, the Saskatchewan Union of Nures (SUN) isn’t happy with what was rolled out. The province no longer requires a PCR test for asymptomatic residents if a positive test is found during a rapid home test and has also announced isolation restrictions moving from ten to five days. […]
The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses believe that Thursday’s masking and social distancing mandates issued by the provincial government could have been prevented. Mandatory masking was one thing that they’ve been advising for weeks now says President Tracy Zambory. There were a few concerns from the news conference from Zambory’s perspective. One of the things that […]
With COVID-19 related hospitalizations starting to grow again in Saskatchewan, the president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is sounding the alarm bell. Tracy Zambory says she is at a loss for words when it comes to the toll that this is taking. “I’m at a loss for words right now. I have not been […]
New collective bargaining agreements involving the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Service Employees’ International Union West (SEIU-West) have been ratified with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO). The financial settlement in the SEIU-West collective agreement includes zero per cent, zero per cent, one per cent, two per cent, two per cent and […]
