The Health Services Union has applied to the Federal Court of Australia for orders which include that: A copy of the proposed Amended Scheme can be downloaded from the website of the Health Services Union at https://hsu.net.au/news/. The application for orders deferring the 2026 quadrennial elections for the HWU Branch referred to in paragraph 3 […]
Health workers across Victoria have emphatically endorsed their new Enterprise Agreement, with 93.5 per cent voting in favour of the deal, and more than 22,000 workers taking part. A total of 20,832 healthcare workers voted “Yes” to the Agreement, with fifteen health services returning a unanimous 100 per cent endorsement. The successful vote comes at
STATEMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR CHARLIE DONNELLY Read More »
The access period for our pay deal has started, and I’ve had a lot of questions come through. I thought I would touch on a few of the most common ones here. Why doesn’t the agreement mention backpay? You will see on the wage rate tables (Page 183 for Support Staff) and (Page 246 for
PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS VOTE “YES” TO OUR 2025-27 EBA Read More »
The Victorian Government has made a welcome above-inflation pay offer in a move to end the long-running dispute with healthcare workers. After 15 months of negotiations and below-inflation wages offers, the HWU has now been sent a proposed wages deal it will be proud to recommend to members. The deal proposes a 12% increase over two-and-a-half
Hope of a breakthrough in protracted heath workers dispute: HWU Read More »
Underpaid healthcare workers are letterboxing voters in Footscay ahead of a planned mass rally at the new Footscray Hospital this week. About 10,000 workers from across Victoria will walk of the job for the third time tomorrow (Wednesday), furious over the State Government’s unwillingness to end the festering pay dispute. The day-long strike will mean
Healthcare workers will walk off the job today (Tuesday), c1ausing mass disruption across the public health system, because of the Victorian Government’s failure to strike a deal. More than 10,000 workers from more than 80 healthcare services — including all of Melbourne’s major public hospitals — will take part in the strike. Participating workers include
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Victorian healthcare workers will stop supporting elective surgery procedures from Wednesday, in the latest escalation of a long-running dispute with the Victorian Government. The new bans will also see workers close one in every four hospital beds, cease cleaning of non-clinical areas including offices, staff rooms and cafeterias, and suspend the training and onboarding of
Healthcare workers across regional Victoria are enduring a burnout epidemic, as workplace stress, overwork and poor pay takes its toll. Burnout rates were the worst at Albury Wodonga (47% of all public healthcare workers), West Gippsland (40%), Bendigo (36%), Colac (36%) and in the Grampians region (36%). Rates are lower across metropolitan areas, according to
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Victorian healthcare workers are in a dispute with the Victorian Government over pay and workloads. Currently, workers are implementing revenue bans. That is, refusing to do administrative tasks that generate revenue for health services, like processing private health insurance claims and submitting Medicare reimbursements for hospitals. Industrial action might escalate in January, if the Victorian Government has not yet
Healthcare workers detail possible escalation of industrial action. Read More »
Victorian healthcare workers are going on strike today in an escalation of a long-running dispute with the state government over pay and workloads. The walkout will impact more than 80 public health services across the state, and will likely force to the cancellation of about 1,000 non-critical elective surgery procedures. Healthcare workers, represented by the
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