Health workers in New South Wales (NSW) have called off plans for industrial action after the state government struck a deal with the Health Services Union (HSU), raising wages by four percent. The deal will see a pay increase of up to 8.5 percent, or $3,500 (US$2,323), for the state’s lowest-paid health workers and will…
New South Wales Health Workers Offered Payrise Ahead of Industrial Action Threat
There’s No Justification for BC’s Continued War on Unvaccinated Health Workers
Commentary The threat of COVID-19 has passed. But the threat of COVID-19 policy remains for the thousands of health-care workers terminated as a result of their decision to refuse the COVID-19 genetic vaccines. And the threat of COVID-19 policy also remains for all British Columbians who wish to preserve our essential right to informed consent,…
Prince Edward Island Will Need About 1,200 More Health Workers by 2032: Forecast
A report on Prince Edward Island’s ailing health-care system says the province needs about 1,200 additional workers over the next 10 years. The report by Halifax-based health-care consulting firm Health Intelligence says the province will need 1,194 more workers across all health disciplines by 2032. Health Intelligence says its forecast is based on the province’s…
New South Wales Health Workers to Strike on Thursday Over Wages
Thousands of Australian workers across the health sector will walk off the job on Thursday in a state-wide strike across New South Wales (NSW), demanding a higher pay rise. Health Services Union (HSU) said that with the latest inflation figures at 3.5 percent and expected to rise, health and hospital workers needed a pay rise…
Thousands of Nurses and Midwives to Walk Off the Job on Feb. 15 in Australia
The New South Wales (NSW) nurses union have overwhelmingly voted to strike over staffing and wage issues. Thousands of nurses and midwives from the state’s public hospitals are expected to walk off the job for 24 hours on Feb. 15, leaving skeleton staff to care for the critically ill. “Nurses and Midwives across New South…
Maine Health Workers Latest to Take Vaccine Mandate to Supreme Court
Maine health care workers opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will take the same position a Texas federal court recently took on the Department of Defense’s obligation to approve religious exemptions for active duty veterans. In a brief filed on Jan. 11 on behalf of 2,000 health workers in…
LA County Looking to Hire 200 More Nurses Amid Nursing Shortage
December 21, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County will add about 200 registered nurses (RN) to the Department of Health Services to achieve staffing standards as California struggles with a nursing shortage. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 21 to approve a motion to help hospitals within the county reach the state’s “nurse-to-patient ratio”—at least one nurse…
Labs With No One to Run Them: Why Public Health Workers Are Fleeing the Field
There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or nine employees to assist her, but, one by one, they had all retired or left for other jobs….
Queensland Health Encouraging 7,000 Health Staff Who Missed October Deadline to Get Vaccinated
The Queensland government’s health department is working to encourage the about 7,000 staff who missed the state mandated Oct. 1 deadline to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. A Queensland Health spokesperson told The Courier Mail that they are working through about 1,900 applications for exemptions from Queensland Health and Hospital Services staff…
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