Strike designed to put pressure on state government before conciliation hearing next week
Hundreds of ambulance staff, security guards, cleaners, paramedics and other hospital workers packed Trades Hall in central Sydney on Thursday.The Nepean hospital’s chief radiographer, Andrew Teece, told the crowd that the cost of living had been “skyrocketing”.“We want better pay to support ourselves and our families.”
“We’d all prefer no strikes but we will continue to work with the organisations that represent our incredible 140,000 staff who make up the biggest government health agency in the nation,” the spokesperson said. The premier, Dominic Perrottet, said his government had done enough to assuage the financial strains facing health workers.
“A 2.5% pay increase annually over this period of time has far exceeded private sector wage growth. That’s a fact.”
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