The Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the 4th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference to be held in London 10-11 March 2018. The conference is a wonderful opportunity for nurses and midwives across the Commonwealth and beyond to share their experience with and learn from each other; […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed a Review into the aged care sector’s regulatory systems recently announced by Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt. “We obviously welcome the Review into the sector’s regulatory processes, but any investigation into care failures must dig deeper. It must examine how the lack of qualified nursing […]
Nurses and midwives are invited to the International Day of Mourning, with families and friends who have lost loved ones as a result of workplace accidents or illness, on Friday 28 April 2017, at 11.45am for 12 midday, in Reflection Park, Little Pier St, Darling Harbour (next to the site of the old Entertainment Centre […]
If the Turnbull Government’s cuts to public holiday pay had been implemented already Australians would lose more than $10 million every public holiday and $30 million in wages over the Easter long weekend. New estimates by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) shows at least $10,151,444 would be lost to the Australian workers’ wages […]
On the first anniversary of outback nurse Gayle Woodford’s murder, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says systemic changes need to be implemented to better protect its members working in isolated, remote communities. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said members had reported some improvements in workplace safety in the wake of Ms Woodford’s tragic […]
Nurses working for Sonic Health Plus could see their award-aligned Sunday penalty rates cut from 75% to 50%, in what is expected to be worrying trend for Australian workers. Sonic Health Plus nurses are currently on a non-union approved EBA, in which they receive award Sunday penalty rates. The ANMF and other unions opposed the […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is fighting an attempt by health provider Sonic Health Plus to cut the Sunday penalty rates of its nurses by a staggering 25%. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, described the company’s proposal as the “start of the slippery slope” for nurses working in so-called […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) today welcomed the election of Sally McManus as Secretary of the ACTU – the first time a woman has held the position in the peak union body. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said it was an historic milestone that the ACTU was now being […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says new legal advice regarding the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) recent decision on penalty rates confirms its fears that nurses and midwives working in some parts of the health and aged care sectors are also at risk of losing their penalty rates and entitlements. […]
A new poll released today shows the majority of Australians think there is a difference between Saturday and Sunday, and people who work on a Sunday should get higher pay rates than those who work on a Saturday. The Essential poll, commissioned by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), found 63% of all Australians […]
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