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Member Win: Staff Increase at PathWest Haematology
Recently, HSUWA Members in QEII Haematology at PathWest won badly needed improvements to staffing in their department! This will relieve some of the pressure Members have been working under for a long time. They won: Members at every workplace understand the pressures of workload and increasing work intensity right now, and these workers have shown…
MEMBER WIN! ACL Staff to be Paid for Pre-start Duties
Members at Clinical Laboratories stand up for their rights to be paid for duties required by the employer. Members at Clinical Laboratories (ACL) raised concerns that the company required staff to perform 15 minutes of pre-start duties at hospital locations. Consequently, a union claim item in bargaining for a new Union Agreement requires that the company…
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…
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…
Labour Day – A Celebration of Australian Worker Achievements!
We enjoy a public holiday in WA to commemorate Labour Day, but do you know why? It’s the day we celebrate one of the great wins of Australian Union Members – the 8-hour workday. It’s the day that reminds us of our shared belief in fairness and egalitarianism. It reminds us that workers joining together…
Members Meet with the Minister for Disability Services
In light of the rapid rollout of significant changes from the NDIA’s annual pricing review, Members strongly advocated for a meeting with Hon Hannah Beazley MLA, Minister for Disability Services. Given the serious concerns of the negative impact of the changes (reducing hourly pricing and travel pricing), on both the Allied Health workforce and NDIS participants in way, Members were prepared to rally when calls…
