Red News Readers,
The professed concern by NSW Health and the Assistant General Secretary of the NSW Nurses Association Judith Kiejda in the Sunday Telegraph today, 29.6.08, about the nursing shortage comes just after the leadership of the Association persuaded nurses to accept a package which takes nurses wages and conditions backwards. Brett Holmes himself admitted in public the wage increase does not meet the rate of inflation over the next two years, although admittedly it was better than what the State Government first offered. But to achieve that wage increase, nurses in NSW were persuaded to accept an unprecedented package of offsets. How does this wages and conditions package meet the demand of the campaigns theme "Fair Conditions, Fair Pay, Nurses Stay - its that simple?"
I would like to be able to upload the article but the Sunday Telegraph has it in their paper version but not online.
Jenny Haines
29.6.08
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- Dear Fellow Bloggers, For some time I have thought about starting a left of centre news and commentary service and I have tried to do this by using email. But as some good, but email overloaded friends have suggested, a better way to go may be by blogging. So here it is! Jenny's Red News. My primary interests are left of centre politics and the very important question of how can we get left of centre parties, groups and grouplets in Australia working together more co-operatively. The right of centre predominates politics in this country at the present time, and they are on the march. We on the left of centre need to work together more co-operatively and constructively to put the left of centre agenda out there, for the perusal and consumption of the Australian people. Particular topics that will be reported on and on which comments are welcome are: Industrial relations - Opposition to Workchoices Refugee and Asylum Seekers Human Rights Civil Liberties Opposition to the Welfare to Work Changes Health System Reform Aboriginal Health and Reconciliation Jenny Haines posted by JENNY'S RED NEWS at 12:50 AM 0 comments