Asuncion Arrojado is a Filipino nurse and
trade unionist. She was the founding president of the National Federation of Nurses’ Unions, now known as the
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU; french: Fédération canadienne des syndicats d'infirmières et infirmiers, link=no) is a trade union centre in Canada. The CFNU is a federation of provincial unions representing registered nurses, ...
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Early life and education
Asuncion Arrojado grew up in
Roxas City
Roxas City, officially the City of Roxas (Capiznon language, Capiznon/ hil, Dakbanwa sang Roxas; fil, Lungsod ng Roxas), is a 3rd class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippi ...
,
Panay
Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...
Island, central
Philippines. She studied nursing at the
University of Santo Tomas where she graduated in 1967.
Career
In 1968, she went to Canada where she found a job at the general hospital in the town of
Flin Flon,
Manitoba. In the early 1970s, she relocated to
Winnipeg to work at
Saint Boniface Hospital. She soon became president of her local union.
On May 1, 1981, International Workers’ Day, she was elected as the first president of the National Federation of Nurses Unions, where she served for one term.
External links
nursesunions.ca
References
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Canadian women activists
Trade unionists from Manitoba
Living people
Canadian nurses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian women nurses