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Feds announce new chief nursing officer

Friday, August 26, 2022

Canada’s national Health Minister Jean-Ives Duclos announced on August 23 that Leigh Chapman has been appointed as the new chief nursing officer (CNO). The CNO position, which was eliminated by the previous Harper government in 2012, was…
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ATTENTION: Nurses previously represented by MGEU Local 220 (Nurse 3- Crisis Stabilization Unit and Crisis Clinician N3)

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Attention Nurses formerly in Crisis Stabilization Unit, previously represented by MGEU Local 220, in the Nurse 3 - Crisis Stabilization Unit and Crisis Clinician N3 – Crisis Services classifications, that have discontinued or terminated work…
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Operation Nurses Rock begins!

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Today we begin Operation Nurses Rock, a campaign intended to run alongside our social media SOS’s. Because as heavy and hard as cries for help are to read, what is the point of carrying on without hope?
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Remembering Vera Chernecki

Monday, July 25, 2022

As nurses, we are used to seeing the cycle of life up close, however, that doesn’t make it any less painful when it comes to loss. It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Vera Chernecki; this news has affected our MNU…
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CATEGORIES: News, From Our President

MNU President Darlene Jackson checks in from Premier's Meeting in Victoria

Monday, July 11, 2022

Today I’m writing to you from the 2022 Summer Meeting of Canada’s Premiers, which is being put on by the Council of the Federation, and is being held in-person in Victoria, B.C. The Council of the Federation is comprised of all 13…
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CATEGORIES: News, Media

A system on the brink of catastrophe

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

"We did the best we could with what we had at the time" is an expression nurses with our decades of experience know well. We use those words to describe to new nurses how we responded to crises at our hospitals when we were in their…
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Nurses share stories of courage during the pandemic

Monday, July 4, 2022

The Canadian Federation of Nurses Union (CFNU) partnered with the independent, community-driven media website www.rabble.ca to produce a digital book titled, Nurses Voices: Stories of courage and determination in the face of COVID-19.
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MNU launches radio Public Service Announcement

Monday, June 27, 2022

Today Manitoba Nurses Union launched a new radio ad campaign that highlights the importance of staying safe this summer, especially in light of the critical nursing shortage in our province. These new radio PSAs will be running on the Corus…
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MNU mini-doc wins Gold at Telly Awards

Monday, June 13, 2022

The mini-documentary series Inner CouRAGE: The Frontline is Not Okay that MNU developed in partnership with Tripwire Media, a corporate video and animation company in Winnipeg, won a Gold Telly in the Series – Online category at the 43rd…
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CATEGORIES: News, From Our President

MNU President Darlene Jackson reflects on recent conferences

Monday, June 13, 2022

Over the past couple weeks, I had the opportunity to attend two conferences of note: first, a national summit on the staffing crisis facing nurses with the Canadian Federation of Nurses, and then the Prairie Labour School on June 6 and…
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MNU launches National Nursing Week Campaign

Monday, May 16, 2022

This year’s National Nursing Week was May 9 to 15 and, once again, MNU delivered a campaign that had many talking, from the halls of the Manitoba Legislature to the virtual halls of social media, and to the many real halls of our health care…
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Three MNU resolutions pass at MFL Convention

Friday, May 6, 2022

MNU submitted several resolutions to the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s 43rd Convention, which took place virtually on May 5 and 6, 2022. The three resolutions submitted by MNU (including the document letter and number) were on increased…
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MNU AGM recap

Thursday, April 28, 2022

We would like to thank all of the MNU members who participated in yesterday’s MNU AGM, our second virtual one, and – we sincerely hope – our last one in this format. We fully recognize that it is not the same as being in-person, so for next…
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MNU marks National Day of Mourning

Thursday, April 28, 2022

The National Day of Mourning, which takes place annually on April 28, commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace-related hazards and occupational exposures, and calls on employers and governments…
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CATEGORIES: Media

New documentary based on nurse’s journey to Iraq

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The creators of Me, Mahmoud and the Mint Plant recently contacted MNU to invite all our members to view their short documentary. This doc is set in war-torn Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, when Canadian nurse Trish Newport developed an unlikely…
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