Contact: Anne Ransone Phone: (614) 975-0485 Email: aransone@ohnurses.org Virtual Press Conference Ohio Nurses Association is Sounding the Alarm on Code Red WHAT: CODE RED is a multifaceted, multiyear campaign, …
Category: Staffing
AFT, America’s Fastest-Growing Healthcare Union, Unveils Report Detailing Troubling Healthcare Staffing Crisis
Report Includes Strategies to Improve Nation’s Healthcare Facilities and Concrete Examples of Successful Implementation For Release: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Contact: Oriana Korin 202-374-6103 okorin@aft.org WASHINGTON—A groundbreaking new report bringing together …
Hundreds of Nurses to Rally at Statehouse
Rally and press conference to take place on the last day of National Nurses Week WHAT: Nurses in Ohio and across the country are rallying to bring light to …
#TheTimeIsNow to Fix the Nurse Staffing Crisis
The crisis isn’t due to a nursing shortage, but because hospitals have intentionally understaffed nurses for decades Robert Weitzel RN, BSN ONA President For the first time ever, we …
East Liverpool City Hospital in Denial About Breaking Federal Labor Laws
Hospital claims no wrongdoing, fights nurses and National Labor Relations Board instead of treating caregivers fairly during the pandemic FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Molly Homan | mhoman@ohnurses.org | 614-746-9914 …
Nurses to UC Medical Center: We Need Safe Staffing Now
For Immediate Release June 22, 2021 Contact: Anne Ransone, ONA 614-975-0485 | aransone@ohnurses.org Nurses’ Union Seeks Fair Agreement, Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges as Contract Nears Expiration CINCINNATI — …
Nurse Mandatory Overtime Companion Bills Introduced
Ask any nurse and he/she will tell you: nurse fatigue is a very real component of unsafe nurse staffing, and when nurses are fatigued, patients aren’t receiving the top-level care …
Arbitration Victory at Ashtabula County Medical Center! Weekends No Longer “Blacked Out” for Vacations for ED RNs!
In the spring of 2018, some of the Emergency Department RNs at ACMC were surprised to learn their vacation requests were denied because their time off requests overlapped their “weekend …

Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber Submitted a Letter of Support for House Bill 144
Earlier this summer, the Auditor of State conducted a performance audit on the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS), and in particular, a review of nursing staff …

Ohio Nurses Rally to Change Mandatory Overtime Law
by Kevin Landers, originally appearing on 10tv.com