Linda Silas

President - Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions - University of Toronto

Taking time at the Canadian Nursing Students Association's National Conference Linda Silas explains how she began working with unions and what she is working on now.

Resources Mentioned:

• LASCHINGER, S., RN, H. K., WILK, P., CHO, J., & GRECO, P. (2009). Empowerment, engagement and perceived effectiveness in nursing work environments: Does experience matter?.Journal of Nursing Management, 17(5), 636.
• Full Time Employment for 70 percent of Nurses
• ThinkNursing.ca
• My Better Medicare
• Nurses for Medicare

Questions

• Linda Silas

  Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve the nursing workplace?

• Robert Fraser

  Have you ever gone to a local union meeting?