More than 50,000 nurses and midwives walked off the job for 24-hours last week as pay disputes with the NSW government have intensified. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) took to the streets of Sydney from 7am Wednesday morning, ...

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 ...

NSW nurses have come to an interim agreement with the state government after a lengthy wage dispute, which led to nurses walking off the job for 24 hours. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed a proposal had been accepted nearly a week ...

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 ...

A new report claims that the public sector 'wages cap' enforced by the NSW Treasury between 2011 and 2023 has had a profoundly detrimental effect on the remuneration of nurses and midwives, resulting in a labour market in NSW under ...

The NSW government has offered public sector workers, including nurses, a three-year pay rise worth 10.5 per cent, which is well under the demands of some of the unions. The Minns government announced the offer last Monday, and it applies ...

A boost to staffing numbers was welcomed by the nurses' union with the immediate introduction for nurse-to-patient ratios for NSW public hospitals. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed around 70 additional full-time equivalent nurses at the Royal ...

A nurses' union has warned the state government that it will be pursuing more action to build up the depleting public hospital workforce. In a statement released yesterday, the NSW Nurse and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) called for a 15 per ...

Nurses and midwives at Hawkesbury District Health Service hospital have secured their leave entitlements following months of bargaining. From July, Hawkesbury District Hospital Health Service – which had been operated by St John of God Health Care for eight years ...

An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered pay increases of 23 per cent for assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs) with a Certificate III ...