Nurses and Midwives Inch Towards Industrial Action

They rejected an offer of a three percent pay increase across four years and a one-off $1,500 payment for full-time staff.
Nurses and Midwives Inch Towards Industrial Action
A clinical nurse consultant at the Gold Coast University Hospital in the Gold Coast, Australia, on Feb. 22, 2021. AAP Image/Albert Perez
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Victoria’s nurses and midwives have taken their first step towards industrial action as they push for better pay and conditions, against a backdrop of industrial disputes involving other health unions.

On March 21, members of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s Victorian branch voted to apply for a protected industrial action ballot at the Fair Work Commission.