Public sector nurses and midwives across the Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands will stop work as they ramp up their fight for a 15% pay increase.
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members from 100 hospitals and health facilities statewide will walk off the job this week to demand respect from the government and call on the Treasurer to pay nurses and midwives what they deserve.
Bowral and Milton Hospital Nurse and Midwives will walk off the job for one hour tomorrow for a rally outside Bowral and Milton Hospitals.
Shoalhaven Nurses and Midwives will take industrial action on Wednesday.
NSWNMA General Secretary, Shaye Candish, said after more than ten negotiation meetings with the state government, there’d been no progress on the union’s pay claim.
“The state government needs to know we are serious and we are fed up. Wages for the state’s largest female workforce have been suppressed for more than a decade. Labor must fix this gender inequity, and show that it respects our nurses and midwives and the work they do caring for our communities,” said Ms Candish.
“NSW nurses and midwives are the lowest paid in the country. If the state government wants to rebuild the nursing and midwifery workforce, and is serious about retaining its hardworking and dedicated staff, it must step up and pay nurses and midwives a wage that reflects their incredible contribution.
“It’s time Premier Chris Minns and Treasurer Daniel Mookhey recognised the value and worth of nurses and midwives.”
