Nurses and midwives have warned of further industrial action after upping their pay claim and doubling down on demands for changes to staff-to-patient ratios | marywardy
Nurses and midwives have warned of further industrial action after upping their pay claim and doubling down on demands for changes to staff-to-patient ratios.
“They have worked extraordinarily hard for every member of this community, trying to keep them safe, and the government’s attitude is: take a pay cut,” Holmes said. “The minister is talking out of his hat,” Holmes said, noting the same model had been implemented in Queensland.Nurses and midwives from 80 NSW hospitals walked off the job for periods of between one and 24 hours on Tuesday, in violation of an Industrial Relations Commission order obtained by the state government on the weekend.
The Town Hall meeting was also broadcast online and to regional gatherings on the Central Coast, and at Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Tamworth, Tweed Heads, Wollongong and Wagga Wagga.Credit:Outside, Robyn Pavloudis, a drugs and alcohol nurse at Royal Prince Alfred, said she was one of the more senior people in her unit, despite being relatively new to the field.