Aged Care
23% pay rise for aged care AINs
April 11, 2024
Years of campaigning by the ANMF NSW and other unions has delivered a 23 per cent increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers. The Fair Work Commission has ordered new pay increases for aged care workers in further recognition that this mostly female workforce has been historically undervalued. On 15 March, the…
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Aged Care
Nurses tell Allity ‘NO’ once again
July 3, 2018
Aged care business Allity has failed in a second attempt to push staff into a…
Aged Care
Allity hard line boosts union strength
July 3, 2018
Company unable to quash member action. “We stand a better chance of winning our claims…
Aged Care
Branch officials vital to Allity campaign
July 3, 2018
Nurse delegates keep co-workers involved and
up to date in campaign for a better deal.…
Aged Care
Time to end nursing home rorts
July 3, 2018
The federal government must stop for-profit aged care providers from spending taxpayer subsidies however they…
Aged Care
Ratios Needed In Aged Care To Help Prevent Elder Abuse
June 15, 2018
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15) is a reminder that not enough is being…
Aged Care
Profits up, staff down
May 29, 2018
Speakers call for change at launch of aged care ratios campaign. Owners of for-profit aged…
Aged Care
‘Fraudulent and abusive’
May 29, 2018
Providers blasted over treatment of elderly. Margaret Zanghi visited her husband Ramiro in a nursing…
Aged Care
MPs to turn spotlight on aged care
May 29, 2018
ANMF welcomes Senate inquiry into for-profit providers. A Senate committee will examine the financial and…
Aged Care
Budget’s big aged care fail
May 29, 2018
The federal Coalition government’s latest Budget ignores the urgent need for safe staffing in nursing…