New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA)

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Isaac Nellist discusses the nurses and midwives in Victoria and NSW fighting for fair pay and conditions, Palestine's football team plays in Boorloo/Perth and Federico Fuentes from the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign discusses the latest updates from the anti-war Russian dissident's trial.

Public sector unions and Unions NSW have rejected NSW Labor鈥檚 pay offer, saying it will not help retain existing workers, or attract new ones which are desperately needed. Jim McIlroy reports.

Jim McIlroy聽writes about how a recent hospital stay has underlined聽why we need to fight to defend and extend the priceless public hospital system.

Activist holding sign that reads 鈥楴o Narrabri gasfield鈥 at a November 12 climate rally in Sydney

Climate Coalition Sydney organised a forum that heard from four union and environmental activists fighting against the Australian government鈥檚 fossil fuel expansionism. David Killingly reports.

In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on 鈥淎 Smarter Union鈥 ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.

鈥淲e are heroes, but we are treated as zeros,鈥 a NSW Nurses and Midwives Association nurse said at their fourth strike this year. Kerry Smith reports.

Unionsts from various unions support the Gomeroi campaign against Santos

A delegation of unionists travelled to the Pilliga forest, in Northern NSW, in solidarity with聽the Gomeroi people resisting Santos' Narrabri coal seam gas mining operation. Jim McIlroy reports.

Nurses taking action at Westmead Hospital on September 1.

New South Wales Labor decided in May that it no longer supports its 2015 and 2019 policy for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals. Niko Leka reports.

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association聽will have its first openly contested leadership election since 2003 in October. Niko Leka reports.

Thousands of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members went on strike for the third time this year to push for safe nurse-to-patient ratios and a pay rise. Jim McIlroy reports.

Nurses strike

New South Wales nurses and midwives took strike action across the state for mandated safe nurse-to-patient ratios and better pay and conditions. Kerry Smith reports.

Emergency department nurses at Blacktown and Westmead Hospitals walked out of work to protest unsustainable work conditions.聽Jim McIlroy reports.