Qld nurses poised to strike deal with Crisafulli government

According to the latest proposal seen by this Masthead, “The nurse will proceed to the 6th grade 6 payment point 2 on the 5th grade on December 1, 2027 in Class 1 on 1 December 2027 (the new payment point will be 1 from December 2027).

The union has been negotiating with Queensland Health since the beginning of the year, nurses and midwives have started to protect industrial action in June.

Wearing campaign shirts and distributing badges, stickers and information to go to the second stage in July after the government offers inertia.

This found that up to 48,000 unionized workers rejected more overtime without four hours of notification, or that tasks such as recording patient details, draining garbage boxes and making beds were completed.

After the government asked for a compromise through the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission last month, the independent court asked the union to pause all actions until September 2 weeks.

However, if the union could not reach a satisfactory conclusion or the government could not continue to negotiate in good faith, he told his members to prepare to increase again.

An update to the members on the union’s website, “If this is, we will rise to the 3rd stage strike action throughout the state,” he said.

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