NSW nurses strike

Nurses are fighting for a pay rise of more than 25 per cent to compensate for the pay freeze which was imposed just as the pandemic began in 2020. NSW public hospital nurses will strike for the first time in almost a decade as frustrations over understaffing pay and conditions boil over.

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. It is the first statewide strike since July 2013 and comes as NSW hospitals remain on high alert amid the pandemic with staff furloughed as the COVID-19 patient load remains high. Thousands of NSW nurses are returning to work following strike action for the first time in more than a decade as workers call for more staff and better pay. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association NSWNMA expressed their frustration at the NSW governments.

The NSW health minister called the. Nurses and midwives strike over staffing at seven sites. Hundreds of nurses and midwives across six hospitals and a mental health centre took industrial action today voting to stop work or close beds.

While more than 13000 nurses voted in support. In New South Wales nurses are striking to demand higher nurse-to-patient ratios and better pay. Wed 9 Feb 2022 0112 EST Nurses across New South Wales have overwhelmingly voted to walk off the job amid growing anger at staffing levels in the states hospitals with more than 97 supporting a.

We dont recommend industrial action lightly especially when a pandemic is still underway but the status quo cant continue NSWNMA General Secretary Brett Holmes said on Wednesday. For many nurses and midwives across NSW yesterdays statewide strike was a chance to tell their horror stories. Votes on industrial action are still underway in some branches but the NSW Nurses and Midwives Associations says a majority have endorsed the industrial action on Tuesday.

Thousands of nurses across NSW protested for better pay and staff-to. 1 day agoThousands of nurses across 150 hospitals walked off the job on Tuesday in their first strike in a decade calling for pay rises of more than 25 per cent and ratios of. February 9 2022 - 553PM NCA NewsWire Nurses in NSW have voted to take strike action for the first time in almost a decade saying the Covid-19 pandemic has further highlighted staffing and pay issues.

NSW public hospital nurses will strike for the first time in almost a decade as frustration over understaffing pay and conditions boilover. Ahead of the statewide strike nurses at the Port Macquarie Base Hospital in the Mid-North Coast region of NSW will hold a rally tomorrow over the COVID-19 staffing crisis. One patient would be discharged and two would be admitted.

1 day agoThe strike is the first from NSW nurses in 10 years. It is the first statewide strike since July 2013 and comes as NSW hospitals remain on high alert amid the pandemic with staff furloughed as the COVID-19 patient load remains high. On Tuesday thousands of nurses and midwives from more than 150 public hospitals will strike across the state for better nurse to patient ratios and more pay.

2 days agoNSW nurses and midwives go on strike tomorrow for better ratios and fair pay Tomorrow thousands of nurses and midwives from more than 150 public hospitals and health services will strike statewide over the NSW governments failure to introduce nurse-to-patient ratios on every shift. Thousands of NSW nurses will walk off the job next week in protest at understaffing and pay levels. Posted on June 2 2021.

It has been incredibly hard NSW Nurses and Midwives Association member and Westmead Hospital Intensive Care Unit nurse Julie Butterworth said. We are just broken. Thousands of nurses will walk off the job for up to 24 hours on Tuesday says the union which represents 48000 nurses in NSW public hospitals.

NSW nurses vote for statewide strike. It was constant and it was like that for months and months Sydney nurses on strike -. Nine A significant number of people from the industry are choosing to leave the field.

Tuesdays strike follows a ballot by the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association in which the majority of 200 branches endorsed industrial action. 2 days agoThousands of nurses and midwives from more than 150 public hospitals have voted in favour of a strike on Tuesday amid calls for better staffing and more pay. 2 days agoNSW Nurses and Midwives Association General Secretary Brett Holmes says the strike will impact 150 public hospitals when nurses strike from 7am on Tuesday.

13 hours agoFebruary 16 2022 - 331AM NSW nurses back to work after strike Jack Gramenz National Nurses in NSW want a ratio of one nurse to every four patients on every shift and a pay rise. Thousands of nurses will walk off the job for up to 24 hours in a statewide strike says the union which represents 48000 nurses in NSW public hospitals. 1 day agoThose wards were always full.

Thousands of nurses will walk off the job for up to 24 hours on Tuesday says the union which represents 48000 nurses in NSW public hospitals. NSW public hospital nurses will strike for the first time in almost a decade as frustrations over understaffing pay and conditions boil overVotes on industrial action are still underway in some.

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