About 700 surgeries were postponed on Wednesday as nurses and midwives hit the streets for the third time in as many months.
The protracted pay dispute between the NSW government and the state’s 50,000 nurses and midwives is set to head to arbitration after a statewide strike led to hundreds of planned surgery cancellations and brought the public health system to a standstill.
“I want this issue resolved for nurses and midwives, and I want the service to go back to functioning as the best health service in the world,” he said. Speaking on the sidelines of Wednesday’s rally, NSWNMA general secretary Shaye Candish said the offer to raise wages at the expense of ratios was insulting and had not been put to members for a formal vote.“Our members are irate,” she said. “What other occupation is required to pay for the resources to do their job out of their own pocket?”
“I think what the NSW government has done is very unjust,” Yeung said. “They’ve promised us pay rises elected. Now they’re backing out on their promises.”Meanwhile, the government has bowed to union demands to run suburban trains 24 hours a day from Thursday to Saturday. Rail workers had threatened to strike if trains did not operate around the clock amid protracted negotiations over a new pay deal.
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