There’s two months to go until the NSW state election on Saturday 28 March, 2015. Make sure you have enrolled and updated your enrolment details if you moved house within the past four years. Go to the Australian Electoral Commission website to make sure your details are in.
The Blue Mountains Unions Council is hosting and supporting many activities in the lead-up to the NSW state election as we join with others in our community to stop the privatisation of NSW. We encourage you to get involved. There’s lots to choose from! Sunday 1 February Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc General Meeting. This […]
A new report by the Fair Work Commission shows there is no evidence to support the need for a Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace relations. The Australian Workplace Relations Study (AWRS) is one of the most significant studies of Australian workplace relations in 20 years, involving 3,000 businesses and 8,000 employees. ACTU President Ged Kearney […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is warning the Abbott Government that stripping away nurses’ penalty rates and other allowances would compromise the healthcare provided to all Australians. The Acting Federal Secretary of the ANMF, Annie Butler, said penalty rates and shift loadings comprise a significant portion of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Midwife’s […]
Australian Unions will use the Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace laws to make the case for significant improvements in Australian’s rights at work. The Productivity Commission released five issues papers for the inquiry on its website today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said there is no doubt the Abbott Government initiated the inquiry as a tool […]
The Abbott government has sent a clear message it intends to put the interests of the big banks ahead of working Australians by attacking industry super funds – the best performing area of the superannuation industry. “It’s astounding that new Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s first public comment on superannuation is to attack the one area […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed a decision by the Abbott Government to scrap changes to Medicare rebates which were due to begin next week. The ANMF’s Acting Federal Secretary, Annie Butler, said she was pleased the new Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, had “clearly listened to […]
Australian Unions call on the Senate to overturn the Abbott Government’s backdoor changes to Medicare rebates that will wipe out bulk billing and signal an end to universal healthcare in Australia. ACTU President Ged Kearney said unions have today written to the Greens, Labor and crossbench Senators asking them to disallow the regulation Tony Abbott […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed news that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will block the Abbott Government’s dramatic cuts to Medicare rebates. The ANMF’s Acting Federal Secretary, Annie Butler said the proposed $20 reduction in subsidies paid to doctors for patient consultations under 10 minutes, will result […]
All nurses and midwives in public hospitals, private hospitals and aged care facilities are invited to participate in a survey on missed or rationed care. Researchers from Flinders University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, are conducting the research. In particular they are interested in situations where you missed care and the circumstances in […]
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