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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 8, without proper staff consultation. The reduction of beds would have seen the unit lose…
15 days ago
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Trade unions unite to call for investment in care
October 29, 2020
Unions around the world are coming together in a show of strength to call on…
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“Be on high alert”: McManus warns of employer-led w...
October 14, 2020
Australian Unions Secretary Sally McManus has warned of an attack on workers’ wages, after key…
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Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right...
October 14, 2020
Associate Professor Aaron Sojourner discusses why unionised workplaces are safer workplaces. Unionized workers are more…
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Robbed in retirement
October 2, 2020
The Morrison government wants to delay the increase in superannuation from 9.5 per cent to…
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Super withdrawal scheme puts burden of COVID crisis on...
October 2, 2020
Many experts see the super early release scheme as poor policy. More than 600,000 young…
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A jobs plan is needed post-COVID, says ACTU
October 2, 2020
Australia needs a national economic reconstruction strategy, including a comprehensive jobs plan, in response to…
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Nurse honoured in Time magazine’s 100 most infl...
September 25, 2020
Registered nurse and executive director of National Nurses United, Bonnie Castillo, has been named in…
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Economists back super guarantee increase as planned
September 25, 2020
Economists from across the ideological and political spectrum have backed a union-led call to stay the…
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“Put the national interest first”: the unio...
September 25, 2020
Australian Unions Secretary Sally McManus updates us on discussions between unions and employer groups in…