Nurses deserve a wages boost.
Politicians on $300,000 or more have grown accustomed to staple living conditions.
This tranquil mode of existence is rare in the lives of most low-paid nurses.
What an embarrassment that nurses have to grovel for a living pay rise.
Unlike nurses, politicians have the Parliamentary Recommendation Tribunal to grant politicians pay rises.
Politicians have no fear of unemployment as long as they keep themselves within the frame of the normal party life.
The safety valves of the medical system are no longer working,
Nurses may have to step up further direct action to make this State Government take notice.
They say health is better than wealth, so State Government pay up – pay the nurses their just pay rise.
Email, Dec 2
Richard Ryan, Summerland Point
A pay/condition rise for nurses is long overdue. Other Unions have pressured Govts & employers & have been successful. Nurses are shift workers & I understand still have to pay for parking at John Hunter, Newcastle Hospital. I appreciate times are tough & Hospital budgets are under pressure but Community health is one of our fundamentals & must be met. Happy nurses would be a great Christmas Present for all.