New South Wales public sector nurses and midwives are preparing to walk off the job again in the latest union-led industrial action for higher wages. The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has warned that its members will commence a 24-hour ...

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job during historic industrial action against Ramsay Health Care, as the healthcare giant makes a second request for staff to vote on pay and conditions. Industrial action commenced last month, with unions issuing ...

Nurses and midwives in New South Wales have commenced industrial action against global health care conglomerate Ramsay Health Care, after multiple failed attempts to negotiate a pay offer that will meet inflation. This is the first time that industrial action ...

After unanimously rejecting the government's wage and conditions offer, Victorian nurses and midwives have threatened to walk off the job following the start of protected industrial action by union members. On Thursday, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members voted ...

Aged care workers across QLD, WA and SA have backed taking industrial action over “chronic understaffing” and low pay, as the union warns walkouts are highly likely before the federal election. More than 7000 United Workers Union members employed at aged care providers across three ...

Paramedics have launched industrial action amid a desperate call to the NSW government to improve staffing levels, while nurses are considering walking off the job for the second time this year. NSW paramedics launched the 24-hour industrial work bans on Monday, ...

The NSW branch of the Hospital Services Union today unanimously voted to take industrial action across all NSW hospitals over concern for health workers' safety. At the annual delegates conference, the vote was carried unanimously by the 500 members in ...

New Zealand nurses and midwives have wrapped up industrial action this morning. The strike was held following an online vote by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s (NZNO) 30,000-strong membership through which the majority rejected the latest proposed District Health Boards ...

Maternal and child health nurses in Geelong will begin the first stage of industrial action on Wednesday after they rejected an annual leave offer by the city's council. Nurses from 20 maternal and child health centres across the Geelong region ...

Over the past three decades, nurses across the globe have engaged in highly politicised action to protect patient safety and the future of the profession, writes Linda Briskin. Thousands of Victorian nurses are ramping up industrial action with the threat ...