Union fighting for
- Our safety
- Our livelihood
- Our patients
We are nurses and midwives standing for the leadership of the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. Our union is only as strong as the members in it, and right now too many of us feel unheard. It is time for a handover, toward the people on the floor.
A union is only as strong as the members in it.
Time for Handover stands for fresh leadership that answers to its members. Here is what we will put first.
Safety
More WHS officers and organisers on the ground, building strong and empowered HSR networks. This is essential if we are to curb role overload, address rising violence, and take an effective stand against workplace bullying.
Action
Putting practical campaigns at the forefront of our work. When good government fails to deliver, we stand up and fight for our professions and our patients.
Responsiveness
Rebuilding trust in our union by strengthening our assistance line. When a member contacts the union, they deserve to be heard and supported in a timely fashion. This is core union business.
We have written it down.
Five areas, and a plan for each. Here is the short version.
Deliverable inside twelve months
- An organiser in every Local Health District
- At least 50 per cent more WHS officers
- Increased responsiveness on our first lines of contact
- Payslip checks on site, public and private
Your fees, your union
- A full review of every union affiliation
- No member funds for political donations
- Part time membership fees explored
- NSWNMA staff out of leadership elections
What we will be asking for
- 100 per cent of salary packaging benefits
- Cost of living adjustments when pay falls behind CPI
- Full implementation of Safe Staffing Levels
Care and conditions, same question
- Self determination in First Nations health care
- Racism treated as a work health and safety hazard
- Childcare in new public hospital builds
A regulator that respects your time
A review of how complaints are handled, an easier path back after a career break, fairer recency of practice rules, and a registration process that does not cost you hours every year.
Led by Viola Morris for General Secretary
A rank and file team, led by a nurse who has spent her career backing other health workers. The rest of the ticket is being confirmed now.
A nurse since 2006, an organiser for over a decade, and a fixture of her local health community.
From the wards at Sutherland and St George to the Langton Centre and thirteen years organising for members, Viola has spent her career making health workers stronger. She helped write the union's submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care and helped start Homes for Health in Bellingen.
Read Viola's storyStand with us
If you are a member of the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association, your voice and your vote are how this changes. Add your name and we will keep you posted.