Thousands of nurses and midwives will walk off the job across New South Wales from 7am. Gabrielle_Boyle 9News DETAILS:
are today taking their turn to walk off the job for 24 hours, just a day after the Sydney public transport network effectively shut down.
Nurses and midwives are calling for better staff-to-patient ratios and pay increases after shouldering a massive workload during the pandemic.READ MORE:The union has said some surgeries may be delayed, but promised life-preserving measures will be maintained. Nurses have held several strikes in recent months around the same issue, saying the system is at breaking point with not enough health workers to safely manage patients.
It comes a day after the long-simmering conflict between the Rail Tram and Bus Union and the NSW government came to a sudden boil.
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