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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…
9 days ago
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Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It h...
May 16, 2019
After three years of submissions, hearings and deliberations, Australia’s workplace relations umpire, the Fair Work…
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How reducing penalty rates affect workers’ health
May 14, 2019
Central Queensland University Lecturer Olav Muurlink argues that humans aren’t meant to work 24/7, and…
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Ultra low wage growth isn’t accidental. It is the...
May 14, 2019
The long debate over the causes of wage stagnation took an unexpected turn last week,…
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Why nurses and midwives need to stop business from gami...
May 14, 2019
Health Researcher Ben from the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association runs us through why current…
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Fact check: Who’s got it better on wage growth and pe...
May 13, 2019
With the Federal Election just around the corner, Nurse Uncut investigates if your wages and…
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Studying Post-Graduate Nursing? Apply For The NTEU Joan...
May 8, 2019
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is once again offering The Joan Hardy Scholarship for students studying…
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The Permanent Casual – Is There Such A Thing?
May 3, 2019
Are you employed as a casual but don’t know how it compares? Or maybe you’d…
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Door-knocking for ratios gets warm response
April 29, 2019
Registered nurse Rebecca Stapledon is one of several Central Coast members who have been knocking…
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Shorten: No full-time worker should live in poverty ...
April 29, 2019
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has vowed to replace the minimum wage with a “living wage”…