For the first time in almost a decade, NSW nurses have voted to hold a mass strike amid a dispute on staffing ratios, pay and working conditions. Thousands of workers could walk off the job on February 15. 9News DETAILS:
have voted to hold a large scale strike amid a dispute on staffing ratios, pay and working conditions.
Brett Holmes, General Secretary at the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association, told Today striking was the absolute last resort for nurses and midwives.Nurses were at breaking point, having worked for the past two years under trying conditions with staff shortages made even more critical by the pandemic, Mr Holmes said.
"They are desperate to tell the NSW Government that we need a better health system, we need a health system where there are enough nurses and midwives on every shift to look after the patients in their care."Nurses and midwives at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital are considering striking for up to 24 hours, at Westmead Hospital for up to 12 hours and at Liverpool and Blacktown hospitals for up to eight hours, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
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