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Stand Up! For Allied Health Workers
State Government Misses a Key Opportunity to Start Workforce Planning for Allied Health Today, the WA Health Medical, Nursing Midwifery Workforce Summit was held with the aim to discuss workforce challenges and solutions to grow the WA healthcare workforce in the future. Disappointingly, HSUWA Members were denied an opportunity to participate and provide their valuable…
Union Win! SCGH Radiation Therapists Secure Safe Staffing Through Workbans
Members working as Radiation Therapists at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have secured 11.4 additional FTE to manage workloads and provide more timely cancer treatment to patients. Over 12 months, Members worked together and: The action taken by Members brought management of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to the table, and an additional 1.5 FTE was achieved for leave relief, resulting in the…
Log of Claims Meetings – St John of God Health Care
HSUWA Members employed with St John of God Health Care are invited to attend one of the upcoming HSUWA meetings to review and endorse your Log of Claims for negotiation. You have had your say in the recent Log of Claims survey, now it’s time to review and endorse the list of items you will negotiate…
2024 Anna Stewart Memorial Project
Anna, a Radiation Therapist from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Amanda, a Radiation Therapist from GenesisCare, share their experiences with the Anna Stewart Memorial Project. Anna’s responses are in the left column, while Amanda’s answers are in the right column. What brought you to study the health science of Radiation Therapy? Radiation Therapy really appealed…
Members Write to Ramsay CEO to Call for Backpay
After almost six months of delay by their employer, Members working across Ramsay Health Care facilities are advocating for their employer to finalise their Union Agreement and process their backpay. This week, Members emailed CEO, Natalie Davis, calling for her intervention to finalise the process and pay Members what they are owed. Shortly after emails…
Recognition that Jobs are Undervalued Due to Gender Bias
On 16 April 2025, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) found that there was gender-based undervaluation of occupations across five Modern Awards. Modern Awards set minimum pay rates as a ‘safety net’ for industries and occupations in the private sector. In a wide-ranging initial decision announced as a ‘provisional view’, the Commission made a number of historic determinations. Importantly, this included changes to the minimum pay rates in a range of occupations…
