ona annual report 2009-2010

1Annual Report 2009-2010

O n t a r i O n u r s e s ’ a s s O c i a t i O n

Annual ReportJuly 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010


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While I know that we face yet more battles in

the next year, I can assure you all of one thing: ONA has your back.

OntariO nurses’ assOciatiOn

Message from the President

IIt can be challenging to decide what to write to ONA’s extraordinary 55,000 registered nurses and allied health professional members and more than 12,000 nursing student affiliate members in this annual report.

As ONA President, I’ve spent considerable time contemplating exactly where we are and where we’re headed in health care in the near future.

While I can’t pretend that the situation we’re in right now is ideal, and despite ONA’s recent advocacy successes, I have to admit that we are facing a very difficult era in health care – again.

The underfunding of health care facilities has created a budget crisis that worsens each year. Clearly, RNs and allied health professionals are being expected to bear the brunt of the fiscal pain. This, while the government hands private corporations billions of dollars in additional corporate tax cuts.

While I know that we face yet more battles in the next year, I can assure you all of one thing: ONA has your back.

As your union, as RNs and allied health professionals who know the invaluable contributions we make to health care and safe, quality patient care, I assure you that this organization will be tireless in being your voice, to allow you to continue to do what we all became front-line health care professionals for: to provide the best quality care – the care our patients deserve.

Linda Haslam-Stroud, RNONA President

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Linda Haslam-Stroud, RNPresidentPortfolio: Communications and Public Relations. It was another busy year for the President’s portfolio, with Haslam-Stroud speaking out on key issues such as nursing reductions and layoffs, violence in the workplace and the proposed zero wage increase for public sector workers. She also continued to liaise with government officials, allies, other stakeholders and nursing students.

Vicki McKenna, RNFirst Vice-PresidentPortfolio: Political Action and Professional Issues. Dominating McKenna’s agenda was working with our allies on common issues, such as hospital restructuring and funding and the reintroduction of competitive bidding in home care; moderating the new professional practice teleconnects; and sitting on various external groups, such as the Ontario Hospital Association Workload Committee.

Diane Parker, RNVice-President, Region 1Portfolio: Occupational Health and Safety. This was another action-packed year for Parker, as ONA continued to demand that employers and the government take action on increasing violence in the workplace and provide other occupational health and safety protections. She continued to serve as Board lead on ONA’s occupational health and safety networks.

Anne Clark, RNVice-President Region 2Portfolio: Labour Relations. Clark worked extensively to identify provincial trends in labour relations. She also represented ONA on committees at the Ontario Federation of Labour, continued to serve as the Board link to ONA’s All-Sector Strategic Bargaining Project Team and was the lead on ONA’s Public Health Network.

ONA Board of Directors 2009-2010

Annual Report 2009-2010

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Andy Summers, RNVice-President Region 3Portfolio: Human Rights and Equity. As chair of the Human Rights and Equity Team, Summers continued to foster opportunities for aboriginal nurses, racialized, Francophone and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered members as well as disabled nurses and allied workers through a variety of channels, including the annual Caucus and the Human Rights and Equity Bulletin.

Dianne Leclair, RNVice-President Region 4Portfolio: Finance. Leclair met with numerous Locals over the course of the year to support the preparation of Local budgets and develop financial policies designed to meet the needs of members while also meeting ONA’s accountability. She also continued to serve as the Board lead on ONA’s Community Care Access Centre Network.

Karen Bertrand, RNVice-President Region 5Portfolio: Education. Bertrand continued to support members in their education needs. As the Board lead on ONA’s Provincial Education Coordination Team, Bertrand worked closely with the team in the revision of ONA workshops, the new eLearning module, the education calendar and the Leadership Conference.

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ONA is the union representing 55,000 registered nurses and allied health

professionals and more than 12,000 nursing student affiliates providing

care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community,

clinics and industry.

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I can assure you that when you speak,

staff listens!

Message from the CEO

OOn behalf of ONA staff, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for

the dedication you continue to show each and every day.

While these are difficult times for sure, ONA members have shown us time and time

again that they will fight for what they believe. And that resilience, combined with the

incredible knowledge, skills and just plain hard work of ONA staff, help us face those

challenges head on.

ONA continued to make servicing improvements this past year to facilitate your union

and working lives and ensure that we remain relevant to you. For example, as part of

our continued efforts to ensure you have the information you need when you need

it, we redesigned our website to make it easier for you to navigate; we added two

Professional Practice Specialists to deal with your increasing workload concerns; and

we introduced an eLearning component to our education program so you can learn

from the comfort of your own home and at your own pace.

And you will see that we have also revamped this year’s annual report, based on your

feedback. We know you are busy. We also know the happenings of your union and

profession is crucial to you. And so this report provides you with all that information

in a much more condensed and eye-catching format, with notations of where to find

additional details on our website. Please take a few minutes and fill out the survey

contained in this issue so we can determine if we are on the right track. I can assure

you that when you speak, staff listens!

It is my sincere hope that this productive partnership of staff and members will continue

to gain strength in the years to come because there is so much more that we can and

must accomplish for our union, our profession and, most importantly, our patients/

clients/residents.

Lesley Bell, RN, MBAChief Executive Officer

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BargainingOne of ONA’s core functions is

negotiating collective agreements

for our members in all sectors, and

members expect us to do so diligently,

professionally and competently to

obtain the best agreements possible,

ones that not only improve their salaries

and working conditions, but include

provisions that allow them to better the

quality of care they are able to provide

to their patients/clients/residents.

In the upcoming round of bargaining,

we will be faced with employers

seeking to comply with the

government’s restraint initiatives,

including the request for a two-year

wage freeze on total compensation.

This unwelcome intrusion into the

collective bargaining process will, no

doubt, make this a very challenging

time for negotiations.

HospitalsWith the current Hospital Central

Collective Agreement expiring

on March 31, 2011, ONA began

preparing for the next round of

bargaining with the Ontario Hospital

Association. ONA members in the

hospital sector elected the new Hospital

Central Bargaining Team, which will

complete orientation in November 2010.

Bargaining dates are set for January 10-14,

2011 and January 31-February 4, 2011,

mediation is confirmed for March 8,

16-17, 2011 (if needed), and arbitration

(again, if needed) is scheduled for April

30 and May 1, 2011.

Homes for the AgedThere are 76 homes for the aged –

not for profit long-term care facilities

(charitable homes and municipal homes)

– in this sector, one a first collective

agreement. This sector negotiates

individually. All collective agreements that

expired in 2008 will be settled or have

their Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration

Act (HLDAA) hearing completed

by November 2010. Most of these

agreements expire on March 31, 2011.

Nursing HomesThis sub-sector is comprised of 201

Bargaining Units, 53 of which do not

participate in central bargaining. Of

the 53, 37 are settled to June 30, 2011,

six are first collective agreements and

one has no members. As the Central

Collective Agreement expires on June 30,

2011, elections for the Nursing Homes

Central Negotiating Team will be held in

the fall with orientation of the team set

for February 22-25, 2011.

Community Care Access Centres (CCAC)There are 10 Bargaining Units in this

sub-sector and all collective agreements

expire on March 31, 2011, except

the Northwest CCAC, which expired

on March 31, 2010, and is currently

bargaining a renewal agreement.

Home CareThis sub-sector has 26 Bargaining

Units, eight without members. Four are

currently in various stages of bargaining.

Public HealthThirty-two Bargaining Units make up

this sub-sector, 31 of which are nursing

and one is allied. This sector negotiates

individually.

Industry and ClinicsThere are 24 Bargaining Units in this

sub-sector, two without members and

two are first collective agreements. Five

collective agreements expired this year

and eight expire in 2011.

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Our members want ONA to grow so

other Ontario nurses can reap the

enormous benefits that membership

brings.

Over the year, ONA’s Retention and

Recruitment Team continued to reach

into the province’s many unorganized

workplaces with much success – more

than 300 new members (see chart)!

We educated university women and

men on who we are and what we offer

before they start searching for that

first job. And we fielded calls from

numerous organizations seeking the

benefits that only ONA offers.

As this report wraps up, ONA has sev-

eral organizing campaigns underway,

and we are confident that we will be

welcoming additional members in our

union in the days, weeks and months

ahead.

Organizing

The benefits of membership in ONA are

enormous and we do a very good job of

disseminating that information to potential members.

Name of Unit Number of Members

Westmount Long Term Care Residence, Kitchener 21

Strathroy Middlesex Hospital 157

Queen’s Garden Long Term Care, Hamilton 12

Specialty Care Cedarvale Lodge, Keswick 11

Meadow Park Nursing Home, London 18

Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig

(Kenora Health Access Centre)

10

VON Porcupine Branch, Highway 11 6

Extendicare, Scarborough 21

VON North Bay – Huntsville RPNs 6

Toronto Grace Health Centre 60

TOTAL 322

*For more information

visit the homepage of the ONA

website and click on “Join ONA.”

Successful Organizing Campaigns: July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010

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This marked the second year of affiliate

membership in ONA for all nursing

students in Ontario who are members

of the Canadian Nursing Students’

Association (CNSA).

ONA continued to mentor and nurture

the nurses of tomorrow and hear about

their issues. We also informed students

about our union, so they know that a

workplace with ONA as the bargaining

agent is the best place to secure

employment. The following are some

highlights:

• ONAwasaheadlinesponsorofthe

CNSA’s Ontario regional and national

conferences.

• FormerCNSAPresidentTylerKuhk

completed a community placement

at ONA under the guidance of ONA

President Linda Haslam-Stroud,

which included preparing the

document, Effective Mentorship Tips

for Front-line Registered Nurses.

Student Affiliation

• CNSAleaders,includingPresident

Branden Shepitka and Ontario

Regional Director Jamie Kyriacou

(pictured above), participated in

Provincial Coordinators Meetings.

• Kyriacouandstudentsfromnursing

schools in Toronto helped with door-

to-door leafleting to stop the nursing

cuts at Toronto East General Hospital

in May.

• Studentaffiliatemembersreceive

copies of Front Lines.

• Aspecialpull-outfeaturesection

titled, “ONA Welcomes over 12,000

Ontario Nursing Student Affiliates”

was published with the December

2009 issue of Front Lines.

• TheONABoardofDirectors

regularly participated in conference

calls with CNSA leaders and campus

delegates.

Students are not just the future of our profession,

they are the future of our union.



website and click on “Nursing

Students.”

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The development of a new generation

of leaders and activists remains a top

priority for ONA – and we hope to

better engage members by ensuring

they understand how their union

is pertinent, needed and striving to

improve working conditions and

benefits. And while ONA effectively

advocates on behalf of ONA members

at the provincial level, local action

to advocate for quality patient care

in individual communities is very

effective. The following highlights

ONA’s key strategies/activities to

engage members at the Local level over

the past year, and are based largely on

feedback from our Local leaders:

Member Engagement

• Morethan25newLocalleaders

discussed the workings of ONA and

learned the ins and outs of their

challenging roles to better represent

members at our first-ever Leadership

Conference in June 2010.

• A Guide to Membership Engagement

was developed to show members they

have an input at the Bargaining Unit

level and are listened to.

• TheNew Member Orientation

Toolkit, available for download on

our website, provides leaders with the

tools to inform new members of ONA

of their rights as union members

and provide them with the contact

information for Local leaders.

• TheExpressionofInterestform,

which allows members to nominate

themselves for positions on ONA

(ONA is) “a thriving union achieved through

active informed membership participation.”

— Board of Directors Strategic Outcome


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provincial membership teams,

is circulated more widely and is

available on our website.

• LocalCoordinatorsandBargaining

Unit Presidents were encouraged

to invite emerging and interested

members to their local activities,

including political action work.

• Astrongmembershipengagement

piece is now a component of all ONA

education workshops.

• ONA’snewGuide to Local Action

provides specific tips of what to do

when action is needed in members’

communities.

• BargainingUnitswereurgedtoshare

information and success stories on

membership engagement with each

other and in Front Lines.



website and click on “ONA

Members.”

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ONA takes our role as patient advocate

very seriously. We fight for changes

to the health care system that will not

only improve our members’ working

conditions, but their ability to provide

quality care. And our messages are hit-

ting the mark: We have been quoted

hundreds of times in media outlets all

across the province. Working with our

allies, we let our voices be heard in

several campaigns this year, including:

Cutting Nurses, Cutting Care More than 2,400 registered nurse posi-

tions have been cut in the last year, leav-

ing patients across Ontario with at least

4-million fewer hours of skilled RN care.

With that somber statistic in mind, we

continued with our Cutting Nurses,

Cutting Care campaign, originally

unveiled in February 2009, to lobby the

government and employers, and educate

the public on the serious impact these

cuts have on patient care.

ONA members throughout the province

stood up and spoke out to stop the cuts,

resulting in significant media coverage

and questions asked by both opposition

parties in the legislative assembly. They

participated in campaign outreach ac-

tions, including public forums, informa-

tion pickets and door-to-door leafleting.

The last phase of the campaign was

launched in May 2009 and included ad-

vertisements on radio, billboards, transit

“Our collective voice is hard to ignore.”



website and click on “Political

Action.”

Campaignsshelters and in French news publications

in targeted areas. Online ads on news

websites and social networking sites

such as Facebook generated millions of

impressions. Regionally, specific media

releases were distributed to extend the

reach of the paid advertising.

Canadian Blood ServicesONA worked very closely with our

provincial nursing counterparts of the

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

(CFNU) to protest the plan by Canadian

Blood Services (CBS) to replace regis-

tered nurses with lower-skilled workers

for initial blood donor screening.

We are concerned that the plan poses a

serious risk to the safety of the public

and the country’s blood supply, as RNs

have the skills and power to issue tem-

porary or definite deferrals based on

screening and assessments.

(December 17, 2010 / 08:39:14)



Education is one of the core services

that ONA provides to its members,

and we are proud of our vast

selection. ONA’s Provincial Education

Coordination Team (PECT) strongly

believes that education – particularly

sessions that promote an understanding

of our members’ rights under the

collective agreement and how to

exercise those rights – should be a

continued investment. The following

are key education highlights from the

past year:

• PECTworkedcloselywithleaders

to update and develop a strong

program of workshops, modified

workshops and lecturettes catered

to members’ needs.

• Updatedprogramsthisyearinclude:

Attendance Management, Rights

Arbitration, Return to Work and

Supporting Members with Addictions.

• ONAsuccessfullylaunchedthepilot

workshop for the 2010 Hospital

Contract Interpretation Manual,

which members rated as timely and

extremely beneficial.

• Thefirsttwophasesofthe

education component of the

Leadership Development Program,

which provides leadership skills to

underrepresented women members

of ONA, were completed, and

participants and mentors continued

to be supported through video

conferencing and teleconnects.

Education

More Members Receive Education!ONA Education from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010:

157 regular workshops 2,085 members (873 on executive)

62 modified workshops 566 members (169 on executive)

219 workshops 2,651 members* (1,042 on executive)*

* Of ONA members receiving education, 60.7 per cent were grassroots members,

compared to 39.9 per cent executive.



website and click on “Education.”

• OurannualTreasurersWorkshopwas

held in January 2010 to rave reviews.

• Atotalof284memberswereeducated

on infection control at the Health and

Safety Caucuses at the spring 2010

Area Coordinators Conferences.

• ToensureONAremainscutting

edge and to provide our members

with a less formal and easier to

access alternative to our workshops,

we began to offer education in an

eLearning format and through DVDs

– at no cost to our Locals.

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Professional Practice issues often occur

when employers attempt to change the

way health care is delivered in an effort

to meet their budgets. On behalf of our

members, ONA Professional Practice

staff work alongside Bargaining Unit

leaders in discussing practice concerns

and workload issues with many

employers. This is just a sampling

of some of our professional practice

highlights from the past year:

• Toaddresstheincreasingnumber

of workload issues affecting

our members, ONA hired two

additional Professional Practice

Specialists in 2009, bringing the

total to four.

Professional Practice

• In2009,ONAinitiatedquarterly

Professional Practice teleconnects for

members to address hot topics and

issues and assist members and leaders

in developing strategies.

• TheelectronicProfessional

Responsibility Workload Reporting

Form (PRWRF) specific to community

care access centers (CCACs) was

released in October 2009, along with

a guide to the process.

• InJanuary2010,ONAreleasedan

electronic PRWRF and guide specific

to the public health sector.

• ONAscoredasignificantvictoryin

April2010whenanIndependent

Assessment Committee confirmed

that registered nurses at Cassellholme

Home for the Aged in North Bay

Legal Expense Assistance Plan (LEAP)LEAP was established to assist members with legal or regulatory body problems

relating to their work. While the majority of College of Nurses of Ontario cases are

handled in-house, the LEAP Team also maintains a roster of external counsel for

referrals in College, criminal and coroner cases.

In 2009, 227 files were opened. A further 198 files were opened to date in 2010. Of

that number, 114 are currently open internal files.



website and click on “Professional

Practice” and “Member Services/LEAP.”

have performed more work than is

consistent with proper resident care,

and issued 25 recommendations to

deal with the problems.

• TheeLearninghospital-focused

module on completing the PRWRF,

launchedinJune2010,served

as an adjunct to the more formal

Professional Responsibility Concerns

(PRC) workshop delivered by ONA’s

Provincial Education Coordination

Team, which shows members how to

complete the PRWRF at their own

speed and at no cost to members.

• AttheMarch2010Provincial

CoordinatorsMeeting,the

Professional Practice Specialists

delivered education on “RN/RPN

ScopeofPractice:ManagingIssues

attheBargainingUnitLevel.”

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The following are notable ONA victo-

ries from the period in review from

the realm of rights and interest arbitra-

tion (many more are available on our

website):

• Inoursixthconsecutivevictory

in the layoff vs. assignment

debate, St. Joseph’s Health in

Hamilton, reacting to budget

pressures, reduced staff in three

units and reassigned nine nurses

to previously-posted but unfilled

vacant positions throughout the

hospital. The employer picked

nurses with the lowest seniority

on their respective floors and

allowed them to select from among

the limited choices offered on the

basis of seniority. ONA grieved

that the layoff provisions of the

collective agreement should have

been applied but were not. The

arbitrator agreed with the majority

of arbitrators, who had ruled that

most reassignments are layoffs

Awards and Decisions

under the collective agreement.

He also rejected the employer’s

argument that article 10.07(g) gave

the employer the right to make

assignments that override both the

job posting and the layoff provisions

of the collective agreement.

• St.Joseph’sVillainCornwalland

ONA implemented the renewal

collective agreement with a Letter

of Understanding, providing that

the issue of a lump sum payment go

to arbitration as a single item. The

arbitrator awarded the full lump sum

payment, rejecting the employer’s

arguments, including that Ontario’s

economic situation is dismal, there

needed to be significant tradeoffs,

and that the lump sum is a retention

bonus. The Board concluded that

comparability is the paramount

factor to be considered, and given

the historical relationship of parity

between this Bargaining Unit and the

participating hospitals, awarded the

lump sum proposed by ONA. This

confirms that participating hospitals

isthecomparatorandtheCentral

Nursing Homes settlement had no

impact.

WSIB: Close to Perfect Success Rate!From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, ONA’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Team opened 140 ONA Appeal files and 22 Employer Appeal files. In the same period,

the team closed 111 ONA Appeal files and 21 Employer Appeal files. As of June 30,

2010, the team had 302 open ONA Appeal files and 46 Employer Appeal files.

The WSIB Team won 33 of 34 WSIB decisions, for an overall success rate of 97 per

cent. These wins represent monetary awards to the ONA membership as follows:

Loss of Earnings (LOE) Benefits: $ 2,789,409.90

Non-Economic Loss (NEL) Awards: $ 168,530.87

TOTAL $ 2,957,940.77

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Ontario Nurses' AssociationFinancial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009

Balance Sheet

December 31 2009 2008

Assets

CurrentCash and short-term investments (at market value) $ 5,115,395 $ 5,511,156Dues and other receivables 5,171,325 4,390,543Prepaids 711,943 679,695

10,998,663 10,581,394

Capital assets (at net book value) 5,421,573 4,973,107Marketable investments (at market value) 9,017,226 5,963,006Investment in ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. (equity method) 7,840,490 7,254,928

$ 33,277,952 $ 28,772,435

Liabilities and Net Assets

CurrentAccounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 6,647,277 $ 6,958,709Accrued LEAP claims 737,700 341,351Capital lease obligations 455,246 401,787

7,840,223 7,701,847

Capital lease obligations 863,678 517,159Employee future benefits 1,841,300 1,507,500

10,545,201 9,726,506

Net AssetsInvested in capital assets 4,102,649 4,054,161Invested in ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 7,840,490 7,254,928Internally restricted 6,205,055 5,459,146Unrestricted 4,584,557 2,277,694

22,732,751 19,045,929

$ 33,277,952 $ 28,772,435

The above financial information is a condensed version of the Association's audited financial statements for theyears ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009. The complete financial statements, including the

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Balance Sheet

December 31 2009 2008

Assets

CurrentCash and short-term investments (at market value) $ 5,115,395 $ 5,511,156Dues and other receivables 5,171,325 4,390,543Prepaids 711,943 679,695

10,998,663 10,581,394

Capital assets (at net book value) 5,421,573 4,973,107Marketable investments (at market value) 9,017,226 5,963,006Investment in ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. (equity method) 7,840,490 7,254,928

$ 33,277,952 $ 28,772,435

Liabilities and Net Assets

CurrentAccounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 6,647,277 $ 6,958,709Accrued LEAP claims 737,700 341,351Capital lease obligations 455,246 401,787

7,840,223 7,701,847

Capital lease obligations 863,678 517,159Employee future benefits 1,841,300 1,507,500

10,545,201 9,726,506

Net AssetsInvested in capital assets 4,102,649 4,054,161Invested in ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 7,840,490 7,254,928Internally restricted 6,205,055 5,459,146Unrestricted 4,584,557 2,277,694

22,732,751 19,045,929

$ 33,277,952 $ 28,772,435



ONA Condensed Financial Statements

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31 2009 2008

Revenue

Membership dues $ 43,070,010 $ 38,192,023Investment income 498,025 424,141Other 580,384 533,661

44,148,419 39,149,825

ExpenseGovernance/External vision 1,680,767 1,641,577Membership services 1,209,340 1,309,810Service teams 15,681,258 14,275,897Support teams 11,990,215 10,656,732Fixed costs 4,787,540 4,514,632Building operations 797,741 807,876Program costs

(Security/LEAP/AIDS/LTD/HepC/Supplementary) 4,108,801 3,909,442

40,255,662 37,115,966

Excess of revenue over expenses before amortization andearnings of ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 3,892,757 2,033,859

Amortization (756,117) (726,302)

Earnings of ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 585,562 681,930

Excess of revenue over expenses $ 3,722,202 $ 1,989,487




Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31 2009 2008

Revenue

Membership dues $ 43,070,010 $ 38,192,023Investment income 498,025 424,141Other 580,384 533,661

44,148,419 39,149,825

ExpenseGovernance/External vision 1,680,767 1,641,577Membership services 1,209,340 1,309,810Service teams 15,681,258 14,275,897Support teams 11,990,215 10,656,732Fixed costs 4,787,540 4,514,632Building operations 797,741 807,876Program costs

(Security/LEAP/AIDS/LTD/HepC/Supplementary) 4,108,801 3,909,442

40,255,662 37,115,966

Excess of revenue over expenses before amortization andearnings of ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 3,892,757 2,033,859

Amortization (756,117) (726,302)

Earnings of ONA Liability Insurance Ltd. 585,562 681,930

Excess of revenue over expenses $ 3,722,202 $ 1,989,487



(December 17, 2010 / 08:39:26)



• ONAinstigatesquarterly

Professional Practice teleconnectstoaddresshot

topicsandassistmembersin

developingstrategies.

• NotingthatRNsinOntarioare

continuingtoexperiencenursing

cutsandrisingworkplacepressure,

ONAsaysNursing Week 2010

isatimetoputthespotlightonthe

pricelesscontributionsthatnurses

make.

• Ninety-one per centof

membersservicedbyONA’sLegal

ExpenseAssistancePlanTeam

aresatisfiedwiththequalityof

representationprovided.

• ONA’spersistenteffortsto

endworkplaceviolencecome

tofruitionintheformof

significant amendmentsto

theOccupational Health and

Safety Act. (Seephotoabovewith

ONAPresidentLindaHaslam-

Stroud,centre,andOntario

FederationofLabourExecutive

Key Highlights of the Year

Vice-PresidentTerryDowney,left,

andSecretary-TreasurerMarieKelly.)

• Thankstoextensivelobbyingby

Local100anditscommunity,

cutsannouncedbyLondonHealth

SciencesCentretoprimarycare

nursesprovidingoutpatientcancer

carearerescinded.

• ONA’spowerfulCutting Nurses, Cutting Carecampaignenters

itsthirdphase,andincludesradio,

electronicbillboard,transitshelter

andFrenchnewspaperads,andthe

useofsocialnetworkingsitessuchas

Facebook.

• TheBoardofDirectorsapproves

fourhuman rights and equity strategiesfor2010,including

identifyingandpromotingall

programsandresourcesinthisarea

andincreasingtheprofilethroughour

website.

• E-mail political campaign

pagesareintroducedtotheONA

website,allowingane-mailcampaign

toquicklybesetupandlaunchedfor

Locals.

• TheExpertAdvisoryPanelreviewing

Ontario’soccupationalhealthand

safetypreventionandenforcement

systemmeetswithONA health and safety activiststolearnabout

theirrealities,whatisworkingand

whattheythinkshouldbedone.

• Forthefirsttimeever,ONA’s

bargaining surveyisavailable

onlinetomembersinallsectors,

facilitatingtheprocess.

• ONAlaunchesBehind the Front Lines,whichprovidesacriticallook

andrecapofhealthcarenews,and

ise-mailedtohealthcarejournalists

acrosstheprovince.

The annual report provides a high-level overview

of ONA’s key activities in a variety of areas.

To read much more on each area, log onto our

website at www.ona.org.

(December 17, 2010 / 14:06:58)


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