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HSU National Conference

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WA Branch Delegation with ACTU leaders. L to R: Jonathan Nugent, Craig Russell, Naomi McCrae, Brendan McKernan, Sally McManus, Sarah Silver, Michelle O’Neil, Adrian Barrett, Jason Walters, Cheryl Hamill On 17 October 2024, Delegates from WA attended the bi-annual HSU National Conference. Delegates from branches across the country shared stories and insights about their industrial campaigns….

2024 Paid Union Meetings – October to November
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2024 Paid Union Meetings – October to November

Attend one of the upcoming paid union meetings to discuss the campaign to improve your pay and conditions. Health Support Services Date: Tue, 22 October 2024Time: 11:30am – 12:30pmLocation: Meeting Room 1:1, Level 1 St Georges Terrace Osborne Park Hospital Date: Tue, 22 October 2024Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pmLocation: G Block – Large Meeting Room Bentley…

Speech Movement and Acoustic Analysis Tracking (SMAAT) Finalist Team

Speech Movement and Acoustic Analysis Tracking (SMAAT) Finalist Team

SMAAT Team Developing Speech Analysis Tool with Massive Potential Every clinician aims to ensure they deliver the right intervention at the right time. A new tool being developed by a team at Curtin University will boost the capacity of Speech Pathologists to do just that. The SMAAT Team has developed applications that will enable Speech Paths…

HSUWA RESPONSE TO RELEASE OF THE WA HEALTH WORKFORCE STRATEGY 2034
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HSUWA RESPONSE TO RELEASE OF THE WA HEALTH WORKFORCE STRATEGY 2034

Released Friday 27 September 2024  After a lot of fanfare and involvement from the Minister for Health during the extraordinarily long development of the WA Health Workforce Strategy, WA Health has quietly released the final strategy document online yesterday and notified staff.  The Minister’s foreword itself focuses on the need for collective action to ensure a…

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WA Health Excellence Awards: Allied Health Team of the Year – Centre for Clinical Intervention Finalist Team

The HSUWA is proud to be part of the WA Health Excellence Awards and sponsor the Allied Health Team of the Year Award. These Awards are a great opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our members do delivering exceptional health services and support to the WA community. It’s also a great opportunity for the union to shine…

MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS STRIKE 
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MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS STRIKE 

Released Thursday 19 September 2024  HSUWA-members have further escalated their industrial action this week, after the State Government has continually failed to deliver the meaningful reform to the pay and conditions needed to deal with the current crisis attracting and retaining experienced public health professionals in WA.  Inefficient wage levels and a lack of modern…

AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL LAB MEMBERS TAKE 4 HOUR STOP WORK
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AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL LAB MEMBERS TAKE 4 HOUR STOP WORK

Released 13 September 2024 Union members are fed up with the company’s disrespect to its own workforce. After months and months of negotiations, despite existing low pay and rising cost of living pressures for staff, the company has failed to put forward an adequate pay offer to their employees. Union members then determined, by ballot,…

QEII Pharmacy department’s first Stop Work meeting
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WA HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS STOP WORK AS HSUWA INDUSTRIAL ACTION ESCALATES IN FIGHT FOR A FAIR THIRD OFFER 

Released 11 September 2024 ACTU Secretary Sally McManus joined HSUWA Pharmacy members at QEII for the Pharmacy department’s first Stop Work meeting held this morning, a major escalation in HSUWA’s campaign for a fair offer from WA Health after the Second Offer was unanimously rejected by the HSUWA Committee of Management.  Hospital Pharmacists are significant…

WA HEALTH IGNORES CALLS TO IMPLEMENT MODERN ALLIED HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS, IGNORES INTERIM FINDINGS OF ITS OWN INDEPENDENT REVIEW
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WA HEALTH IGNORES CALLS TO IMPLEMENT MODERN ALLIED HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS, IGNORES INTERIM FINDINGS OF ITS OWN INDEPENDENT REVIEW

Released Tuesday 10 September 2024 WA Health have ignored the overwhelming evidence gathered in its own Independent Review of Career Pathways for Health Professionals in WA Public Health by failing to commit to implement modern career pathways for over 7,000 Allied Health Professionals in the unanimously rejected Second Offer.  HSUWA members who have dedicated their…

AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL LABS – UNION MEMBERS TAKE 4 HOUR STOP WORK ACTION 
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AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL LABS – UNION MEMBERS TAKE 4 HOUR STOP WORK ACTION 

 Released Friday 6 September 2024   Health Services Union of Western Australia members who work at Australian Clinical Labs, including Phlebotomists, Scientists, Laboratory Technicians and Assistants, Couriers and Administrative staff, will walk off the job for four hours on Thursday 12 September 2024.  Union members are fed up with the company’s disrespect to its own workforce….

HSUWA COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT UNANIMOUSLY REJECTS SECOND OFFER
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HSUWA COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT UNANIMOUSLY REJECTS SECOND OFFER

Released Thursday 5 September 2024 The Second Offer made by the Department of Health on 20 August 2024 has now been unanimously rejected by the HSUWA Committee of Management. The departments will meet this week to finalise arrangements for further action to be taken in the coming weeks. While the Second Offer offered some improvements…

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