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The determination of nurses to fight is running up against a union bureaucracy that is doing everything possible to wrap up the dispute and ram through a sell-out deal.

The Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) went on strike for the third time this year yesterday, walking off the job for 24 hours in a bid to fight against…

For the second time in six weeks, tens of thousands of nurses across the state walked off the job over chronic understaffing and unsafe conditions made worse by COVID-19.

“Since our last strike, there’s been no changes, no improvement,” NSWNMA Assistant General Secretary Shaye Candish said.

Undeterred by grey skies, thousands of nurses and midwives walked off the job for 24-hours today to participate in another statewide strike, urging the NSW government to heed warnings of the dire staffing crisis inside public hospitals and health services.

CW: This article mentions trauma and unsanitary conditions. Nurses and midwives across NSW took strike action on Tuesday. The strikes, organised by the NSW…

Thousands rally outside state parliament, expressing fury at ‘unsustainable’ work conditions as pleas for pay rise and more staff ‘ignored’

Sydney, Australia, Feb 15 (EFE).- Thousands of health workers from more than 150 hospitals and public centers in New South Wales, Australia’s most populated state, demonstrated Tuesday to protest the lack of resources during the Covid-19 pandemic and demand a wage increase. Crowds of nurses and other workers, many dressed in surgical scrubs, marched through …