Tag: STRIKE ACTION
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Nurses and midwives strike at new Tweed Hospital with support from construction workers
Calls for better work conditions echoed all the way to the border – where nurses and midwives gathered at Tweed, to join the statewide strike. Construction workers also made their presence known – showing solidarity for the union outside the town’s new hospital. Staff from Lismore, Byron and Ballina hospitals travelled, to stand with their…
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Taree TAFE teachers join statewide action for better pay and conditions
The strike action has made its way to the Mid North Coast… with local TAFE teachers calling for better pay and conditions. With the State hampered by a skills shortage- they say apprentices are now turning their backs on once sought after industries.