Workplace Issues
Unions
UNION WIN: Westmead Branch prevents reduction in beds i...
April 22, 2024
The Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) who successfully staved off an attempt to reduce the staffing profile at the hospital’s Close Observation Unit (COU). Management sought to reduce the unit from 12 beds to…
5 days ago
Branch Beat
Branch Beat: Westmead and Blacktown Hospital nurses def...
We all know the COVID pandemic left the nursing workforce exhausted and depleted. The virus…
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Incremental pay progression
I am a registered nurse working part time in a public hospital for a little…
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Rights around fact finding It has been alleged I have m...
I have been advised that the matter will be investigated,…
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Incremental pay progression
April 11, 2024
I am a registered nurse working part time in a public hospital for a little over three years. I have noticed I am still being paid as a registered nurse…
16 days ago
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Rural Health Workforce
April 11, 2024
Incentive repayments If I move from a Rural Health Workforce Incentive position to a non-incentivised position, is it possible I will have repayment obligations? Yes.…
Workplace News
Workplace News
Parking blow for John Hunter nurses and midwives
February 9, 2024
Lower Hunter nurses and midwives are angry and deflated over the NSW government’s decision to reinstate paid parking for staff at John Hunter Hospital. Following the re-introduction of paid parking…
17 days ago
Workplace News
UNION WIN: Western Sydney branches overturn unfair addi...
November 21, 2023
Branches of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) have been successful in overturning a policy that introduced…
Workplace News
Unsafe staffing prompts walk out by Maitland nurses
Unions
Unions
UNION WIN: Westmead Branch prevents reduction in beds i...
April 22, 2024
The Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) who successfully staved off an attempt to reduce the staffing profile at the hospital’s Close Observation Unit (COU).…
5 days ago
Unions
Union bodies call for action on Gaza
April 10, 2024
The ACTU and Global Unions call for unified action to bring about an urgent and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. The ACTU Executive has supported the…