Thousands of midwives and nurses are expected to walk off the job for 24 hours after voting in favour of a strike. It comes less than six weeks after health workers took to the streets in a historic action to demand ...
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NSW budget boosts pay for nurses and paramedics, but ignores calls for mandated staff ratios
Nurses and paramedics will receive a 2.5 per cent annual wage increase as part of the NSW state budget announced on Tuesday. The new policy marks a reversal of last year’s controversial decision to cut pay for public sector employees. ...
More »Thousands of NZ nurses back to work after country-wide strike
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 ...
More »NSW government targets pay and conditions
The NSW government has applied to vary the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Award in an effort to change the pay and working conditions of public-sector employees. The move is set to affect thousands of public servants, disability ...
More »SA nurses to get pay rise
A long-running dispute on pay and working conditions in South Australia has come to an end. South Australian nurses will get a pay rise before Christmas after accepting a state government offer. A ballot of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ...
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