Tomorrow health workers across NSW are taking industrial action.  

Health workers know why – it’s time for a pay rise. It’s time to put an end to this Government stealing half of your salary packaging benefits. It’s time for an increase to superannuation. It’s time to fix out of date Awards. 

It’s been two months. But this Government has been silent on pay for health workers.  

Enough is enough. Tomorrow, JHH members are taking action. The below actions will run from 00:01-23:59 Wednesday 31 May:

No HSU member will be:

• Undertaking duties or tasks that do not comply with NSW Health Policy
• Undertaking duties or tasks that do not comply with Award descriptions for their relevant classifications
• Undertaking any tasks general or otherwise, that are routinely performed by nursing staff
• Moving non-ambulant patients without a nurse escort
• Undertaking any unpaid overtime
• No delivery of late meals
• No billing
• Delivering general stores to wards across NSW Health facilities
• Cleaning any non-clinical area
• Chasing debtor details of any patient that accesses treatment as inpatients or outpatients in NSW Health facilities
• Not be accepting or processing any government funded concessions (eg oral health vouchers)
• Assisting, relieving or working with any non-health workers in any NSW Health facility
• No routine security patrols (still respond to codes and duresses)
• Undertaking any duties that they have not received adequate training for or feel confident or competent in undertaking until adequate training is provided and competencies are signed by certified trainers and the individual member. 

Further, HSU members will be:

• Exercising their right to not undertake duties that are subjected to payment of allowances (no infectious cleans)
• Claiming any time worked outside of normal rostered hours on any shift as paid overtime and not time off in lieu (TOIL)
• Continuing the aforementioned actions and any other future endorsed actions until such times as all demands are agreed to and realised by the NSW Government and NSW Health. 

There will also be four hour stop work meeting from 10:00-14:00 on the day.

This Government needs to hear us loud and clear: it’s time for action now.