Campaigns

Public sector nurses and midwives in New South Wales are calling for justified and necessary improvements to help rebuild our public health services. High levels of exhaustion and a decade of wage suppression, coupled with rising cost-of-living pressures, have taken a considerable toll on the nursing and midwifery workforce across our state.

It’s time to recognise the important contribution nurses and midwives make. This can be done by paying them a fair and deserving wage. NSW nurses and midwives deserve more.

Workers from any background can experience racial discrimination.

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association opposes any act of racial discrimination perpetrated against individuals directly, or indirectly as an outcome of organisational culture and practices. If you’re experiencing any form of racism at work, contact us for support.

The NSWNMA represents almost 6,000 nurses and midwives from the primary health care sector - with members employed in various workplaces such as medical centres and GP services, telehealth, community care, IVF clinics, and more. The work of primary health care professionals plays an integral role in maintaining the health and well-being of our communities.

The Association has been fighting alongside members for improvements to your pay and conditions to transform the experience for primary care nurses and midwives.  If you want to stand with us, get in touch! Remember, members are our union. That’s why, when we fight collectively, we can achieve real change. 

The Association represents more than 11,200 workers employed in the residential aged care sector.

It is this collective strength that enables your union to fight for better pay and conditions for aged care workers. Together with members, we have secured some massive wins for the sector through persistent campaigning for better pay and conditions.

We will continue campaigning to ensure all these historic reforms are implemented so we can create a better aged sector for all aged care staff, residents and their families who deserve the best care.

Healthscope is in receivership. The ANMF NSW Branch and ANMF Federal Office are fighting hard to secure the best possible outcome for our members.

Healthscope bargaining - following a July vote, your ANMF bargaining team asked the Fair Work Commission to step in and end Healthscope’s delay on your pay increases and back pay.

The Fair Work Commission has since agreed to this request by issuing an Intractable Bargaining Declaration. This means that bargaining for your new Agreement is over and the Fair Work Commission will now decide your pay and conditions.

Workers Compensation in NSW is in dire need of reform, but recent announcements from NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey around proposed changes will restrict how workers can access psychological injury claims at a time when mental health services are in desperate need.

Nurses and midwives will be significantly impacted by the changes as the largest group represented for having psychological injuries.

Climate change as a result of global warming will have major consequences for our already overloaded health system and for nurses and nursing. Climate change is giving rise to fundamental health issues and the consequences of inaction will be catastrophic. It’s important that nurses understand this issue and contribute to finding a solution.