The WAÌýIndustrial Relations Commission is stillÌýconsidering fining the Australian Nursing Federation WAÌý$350,000 for taking strike action last NovemberÌýas part of its enterprise bargaining campaign. Chris Jenkins reports.
Australian Nursing Federation (ANF WA, ANFIUWP)
Enterprise bargaining negotiations have come to a grinding halt since the state-wide strike where nurses and midwives laid out their position on wages andÌýsafe ratios.ÌýChris Jenkins reports.
NursingÌýunion activist and Socialist Alliance member Chris Jenkins explains the dispute between the Australia Nursing Federation WAÌýand the WA government on the latest 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Show.
Three thousandÌýnurses and midwives rallied outside the Western Australian parliamentÌýas part of a state-wide strike for better wages and conditions. Chris Jenkins reports.
The WA government has taken the Australian Nursing FederationÌýto the Industrial Relations CommissionÌýin a bid to stop the union from voting on its latest enterprise bargaining agreement offer. Chris Jenkins reports.
The Australia Nursing Federation Western AustraliaÌýis conducting yet another online poll on an inadequateÌýgovernment pay offer. Chris Jenkins reports.
Members of the Australian Nursing Federation WAÌýare set toÌýstart day-long work stoppages as part of their enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations with the state Labor government. Chris Jenkins reports.
It was always ambitious to try and overhaul WA’s biggest union in one electionÌýand Team Fenn did well considering the incumbent’s resources. Chris Jenkins reports.
A rank-and-file ticket is contesting executive and council positions in the WAÌýbranch of the Australian Nursing Federation in late October. Chris Jenkins, who is part of it,Ìýreports.
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Not enough focus has been put on doctors and nurses’ warnings about the deterioration of WA's healthcare system that, asÌýPolly Watkins writes, has been run down for years.Ìý
Health workers are taking action about system failures afterÌýseven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died while waiting for care. PollyÌýWatkins reports.
The 10,000 nurses and midwives involved in industrial action across Western Australia have been threatened with disciplinary action and deregistration by the state’s director general if they go ahead with a planned 24-hour strike on February 25.
The industrial dispute, which for the first time in 12 years has seen the closure of beds across the state’s public hospitals, is set to intensify in the coming week as the state government continues to ignore nurses’ demands on wages and conditions.