Unions say a shocking new survey proves more regulation is required to protect families as employers cannot be trusted not to discriminate. The Australian Human Rights Commission report, ‘National Review on Discrimination Related to Pregnancy, Parental Leave and Return to Work’, found discrimination around pregnancy and return to work is much worse than previously thought. […]
Safe patient care will suffer if the Abbott Government’s razor-gang goes ahead with savage cuts to healthcare spending predicted in the upcoming Budget, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has warned. Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said the ANMF joined other health stakeholders in voicing concerns that cuts to health spending will dramatically impact on […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) today accused the Hunter New England Local Health District (LHD) of running surgical theatres at John Hunter Hospital (JHH) to the point of breakdown through fudging its staffing levels and driving nursing staff beyond the point of exhaustion. NSWNMA General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said an expert report commissioned […]
A $27 wage rise per week for our lowest paid workers is essential if Australia is to avoid creating an underclass of working poor, unions say. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said that new research contained within the ACTU submission to the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review shows that if action isn’t taken to increase the […]
News reports of the Abbott Government fudging jobs numbers is further evidence that they have no idea how to fulfil their election promise to create one million new jobs, unions say. Coming off the back of revelations buried in more than 50,000 pages of regulations that the Government will slash the take home pay of […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Minister for Disability Services, John Ajaka, to apologise to residents and staff of the Stockton Centre in Newcastle for attempting to use them for political mileage and misleading the NSW Parliament. During question time on Tuesday, Mr Ajaka purported to give an update on […]
Laws to remove consumer protections in financial services being introduced to parliament by the Federal Government today would see working people get ripped off by big banks, unions said today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the Abbott Government’s move to water down the Future of Financial Advice Act (FoFA) would lead to working Australians losing […]
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association members and delegates will tonight call on the O’Farrell Government for answers surrounding plans for the new Maitland Hospital at Metford. Since announcing the proposed 40-hectare Crown land site in August 2013, the O’Farrell Government has been tight-lipped on how it plans to fund and operate the new facility. As […]
Hundreds of people will gather at Newcastle Panthers this evening to discuss the O’Farrell Government’s plans to privatise all state disability services and shut down the Stockton Centre. Local residents of the publicly run care centre, nurses, carers and family members have called on the government to explain how it intends to maintain the level […]
Public Services International (PSI) joins its members around the world in celebrating women and their achievements on March 8. PSI promotes the work of women trade unionists and stands united with all of our sisters who deliver vital public services. On the eve of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which will […]
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