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General Health Professionals Public General
01 May 2006 [Full Story] Ambulance Members Will Fight To Keep Road Accident Rescue Responding to motor vehicle accidents has been the domain of the Tasmanian Ambulance Service since its inception over twenty years ago. Across the state, Ambulance Officers have a proud history in Road Accident Rescue, and do not want to relinquish this responsibility. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Aminya Uniform Dispute Resolved Members at Aminya Hostel in Scottsdale have settled a long-running disagreement with management regarding the provision of uniforms. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Fallen Workers Remembered Union representatives and workers gathered outside Parliament house on 28 April to commemorate International Workers Memorial Day. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] HACSU Organiser Relocated from North-West of South Industrial Organiser Robbie Moore has transferred from the HACSU Devonport office to our office in Hobart. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Howard Breaks Sick Leave Promise John Howard and Kevin Andrews have broken their promise that under their new industrial relations laws Australian workers would not be required to provide a medical certificate from a doctor each time they claimed a single day of sick leave. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] IR Commission President tips welfare cuts President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission Geoffrey Giudice warned recently that welfare payments may be reduced as a consequence of the new Federal Government’s work laws. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] John Howard's Industrial Relations Laws Take Effect On Sunday 26 March 2006 whilst the nation’s attention was on the Commonwealth Games, the Minister for Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews released some five hundred plus pages of regulations to accompany the more than one thousand pages of legislation passed by the federal Parliament late last year. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Long-term HACSU member wins nursing scholarship Margot Combes, from Rosary Gardens, has worked as an enrolled nurse in the aged care industry for 17 years. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Making changes to your employment contract The HACSU Helpline has received a number or enquiries from members who have made temporary changes to their employment conditions and who have encountered problems when wishing to return to their original conditions. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Mother's Day Classic - More than an exercise kick This year, for the first time, the Mothers Day Classic was held in Hobart. The event attracted around 1,000 participants who ran or walked between four and eight kilometres. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] New Home for HACSU Hobart 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Payroll deductions versus direct debit: Why does it matter? Our union needs to stay strong. We cannot guarantee our strength, however, if we rely on payroll deductions to collect union dues. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Presbyterian Homes Agreement Over Night Shift In early 2006, Presbyterian Nursing Homes management met with HACSU and night staff based at the Legana site in Northern Tasmania to discuss a proposed reduction of night staffing levels. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Restructure win at Phillip Oakden House HACSU members at Phillip Oakden House have been active in the recent staff restructure. 01 April 2006 [Full Story] Scottsdale Workers Tell Downer Where to Go When Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer made a flying visit to Scottsdale in February, Scottsdale locals made sure he knew what they thought of his Government’s new workplace relations laws. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Senior HACSU organiser retires Max Vizard, who has worked for HACSU for 10 years, retired at the end of March. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] State of the Union Chris Brown, State Secretary, and Tim Jacobson, Assistant Secretary, elaborate on the future of HACSU in the light of recent IR changes. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Tassie Worker Joins ACTU Delegation to Canberra Jacci Jones, a medical typist at the North West Regional Hospital and HACSU member, joined a group of more than thirty workers from regional marginal seats at Parliament House late last year. The workers met in Canberra to tell Liberal and National Party MPs that they strongly disagreed with the Government’s new workplace laws. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Win For Working Mum When Sally Pugsley returned to work as a Local Development Officer with Housing Tasmania after the birth of twins Sasha and Alexander, she hoped things would go smoothly. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Health Professionals
Health Professionals at Calvary Hospital have recently registered their new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Health Professionals Dispute Heads to Commission HACSU has lodged a dispute with Tasmanian Industrial Commission following the breakdown of negotiations between the Government and unions on whether or not a number of groups should be considered as Health Professionals. At stake is whether these workers are entitled to the wages and conditions increases awarded to all other Health Professionals last year. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Health Professionals Sub-Branch All Health Professional HACSU members automatically belong to the Health and Community Services Union Health Professionals sub-branch. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Health Professionals agreement finalised Health Professionals Campaign Overview: How did they do it? What can we learn from their campaign? 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Public
Currently workers in the public sector who are ‘on call’ receive a paltry 82 cents per hour. This compares very poorly to the $3.50 per hour, or $28 per day received by nurses and health professionals who are required to be on call, under their respective Enterprise Bargaining Agreements. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] Government to outsource residential services In late 2005, the then Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Human Services announced the transfer of Departmental run Group Homes to the non-government sector. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] HACSU Activities at the Royal Hobart Hospital HACSU Activities at the Royal Hobart Hospital HACSU members within the Food Services Department at the Royal Hobart Hospital are building on their existing delegate structure. 01 May 2006 [Full Story] |
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