The Manitoba Nurses' Union is a Canadian
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
representing
registered nurse
A registered nurse (RN) is a healthcare professional who has graduated or successfully passed a nursing program from a recognized nursing school and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar government-authorized ...
s,
licensed practical nurse
A licensed practical nurse (LPN), in much of the United States and Canada, is a nurse who provides direct nursing care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled. In the United States, LPNs work under the direction of physicia ...
s,
registered psychiatric nurse
A registered psychiatric nurse (RPN) specialises in a field of nursing that focuses on the mental health of patients. Psychiatric nurses assist the interdisciplinary team in the assessment and treatment of the patient's psychiatric illness and symp ...
s, and
operating room technicians in
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
. It is affiliated with the
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), the
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC ( or ), is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian trade union, labour unions are affiliated.
History Formation
The CLC was founded on April 23, 1956, thro ...
(through the CFNU), and the Manitoba Council of Health Care Unions.
External links
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Manitoba Nurses' Union – Canadian Labour Unions– Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
Healthcare trade unions in Canada
Nursing organizations in Canada
Organizations based in Winnipeg
Trade unions established in 1975
Trade unions in Manitoba
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Medical and health organizations based in Manitoba