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Fourth Offer Rejected
At the end of 2024, HSUWA Members returned a resounding ‘No’ vote to the Fourth Offer for the Union Agreement. While the Fourth Offer finally made some good improvements, the offer fell short with Members delivering a 77% No vote. Amongst the concerns was an unwillingness to trade off conditions for shift workers, and the higher pay and packages offered to other health…
Lifeblood Members Dig in During Tough Negotiations
Lifeblood (a division of the Australian Red Cross Society) is attempting to erode the earnings and hard-fought conditions of WA employees. HSUWA Members have had 10 negotiation meetings to progress a replacement enterprise Agreement in WA however the company is seeking to combine separate state-based Agreements (for WA, SA, VIC and TAS) into a new “SouthWest” Agreement. Instead of using the process to…
Mt Lawley Hospital Petition Submitted
Show us we are valued: protect our entitlements! Congratulations to all Health Workers at Mt Lawley Hospital who have signed the petition to ask the State Government to recognise their continuity of service and transfer their personal leave entitlements, should they remain at the facility when it returns to public hands. HSUWA Members worked alongside…
Members at GenesisCare Settle First Union Agreement
HSUWA Members and Radiation Therapists at GenesisCare Murdoch.
Focus on Optometry: HSU Launches National Campaign
Focus on Optometry is our new national campaign giving optometrists a clear, collective platform to push for recognition and respect across the profession. Corporate ownership has reshaped optometry into a business model that puts sales targets ahead of patient care. Optometrists across Australia are being systemically undervalued and not treated as the highly trained health professionals they are. Optometrists…
Farewell HSUWA President Cheryl Hamill
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and farewell to HSUWA’s outgoing President, Cheryl Hamill. Cheryl has played a longstanding and prominent role in our union. Cheryl joined HSUWA as a member in 1985. She has been a Committee of Management member for 24 years and President for nearly 20 years. She has been…
