Nurses defy FairWork to fight for jobs

Victorian nurses have shown how to stand up to Fair Work Australia and a nasty Liberal state government. Thousands at a packed mass meeting on 21 November voted to defy orders to stop their industrial action that has closed public hospital beds.

ANF state secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said nurses are willing to have their pay docked and to face fines. The nurses union has already received around $3500 in unsolicited public donations.

The nurses are fighting to “maintain and improve” existing nurse-patient ratios and are refusing to trade them off for a wage increase.

 

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Queensland LNP takes advantage of Administration to go after CFMEU

One year on the Administration regime has secured a tight grip on the CFMEU.

UTS makes savage cuts to courses—but union power is growing

UTS management has announced a suspension of new enrolments for more than 100 courses, leaving staff, students and community stakeholders reeling.

USyd staff fly the flag as union members back defiance

On Thursday 28 August, a University of Sydney NTEU meeting of 140 people voted overwhelmingly to defy the five new speech policies introduced by management in June this year.

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