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Member Story – The Price of Human Connection
HSUWA Member Trisha is the friendly, smiling face who greets patients as they walk through the door of a small suburban pathology clinic south of Perth. Trisha is a very experienced and skilled Phlebotomist working with Australian Clinical Laboratories (Clinical Labs) in WA. Clinical Labs, along with Western Diagnostic Pathology and Clinipath, make up the…
Historic Pay Rises for Private Pathology Collectors
Thanks to the committed advocacy of union members, including HSUWA Members, Pathology Collectors working for private employers across Australia are set to receive historic pay increases to the minimum wages set out under the Health Professionals and Support Services Award. Employers failed in their attempt to block the change by the Fair Work Commission, so…
Anaesthetic Technicians fight for Better Jobs from Complacent WA Government
Anaesthetic Technicians are calling on the State Government to deliver pay equity and sensible, longoverdue improvements to their career structure to retain highly skilled and experienced technicians inpublic health. The budget announcement today of investment in public health services is very welcome. However,without any investment directed at supporting and retaining the workforce, there won’t be…
We’re in it Together – Unity is Strength!
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State Government Must Act to Protect Health Workforce
The Health Services Union of WA (HSUWA) calls on the State Government to act urgently to better protect health workers after the release of the figures regarding physical violence and aggression from the Department of Health this week. Sadly, these alarming figures of an average of 12 incidents a day in 2025 are not surprising…
