NSWNMA members at Bathurst and Tamworth today launch their local campaigns for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award. The statewide Ratios: Put patient safety first! campaign was launched in Sydney on Tuesday, 19 March. Local launches will be held around the state over the next few weeks. The campaign’s first regional […]
NSWNMA members at Muswellbrook Hospital and across the Upper Hunter region will today launch their local campaign for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award. The campaign challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. The […]
The ACTU congratulates the Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, on his announcement of wage increases for aged care workers as part of the Aged Care Workforce Compact. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the Minister – by tying the funding to the normal bargaining process – ensured workers could continue to negotiate with employers […]
Darius Altman wins Organiser of the Year Darius Altman of the NSWNMA was named Organiser of the Year last night at the ACTU National Union Awards. NSWNMA also won for community outreach with the Unions for Transfusions program. A seafarer who spends his spare time mentoring young workers in the shipping industry was named union […]
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has welcomed the conclusion of the Aged Care Workforce Compact – which will now start delivering an urgently needed $1.2 billion funding injection for Australia’s aged care nursing and care staff. “As Australia’s largest health union, the ANF commends the Gillard Government, particularly Minister for Ageing Mark Butler and Minister […]
NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres are continuing to vote this week on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim. The claim challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. The current branch-voting schedule […]
Fair Work Australia (FWA) on Saturday 23 February was to hold a special weekend sitting to consider the nursing job losses and hours reductions being proposed by Pulse Health at its Forster Private Hospital, on the NSW mid north coast. NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) members at the Forster Private Hospital have rejected claims […]
NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres are continuing to vote on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between NSWNMA and the previous Labor government. The current branch-voting schedule for the […]
NSWNMA members at the Forster Private Hospital, on the NSW mid north coast, have voted to only work in accordance with their contracted hours and decline the frequent requests to make themselves available for additional shifts, after hospital management announced last week it was sacking six nurses and reducing the hours worked by a seventh. […]
NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres start voting today, 18 February, on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim that challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. Branches that have advised they […]
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