Bed making and bin emptying. They're some of the tasks Queensland nurses and midwives are refusing to do as they ramp up industrial action for a better pay deal. Mediation in the industrial relations commission is set to begin tomorrow to resolve the standoff between the union and state government.
00:00They warned more action was coming and today it arrived.
00:06Nurses and midwives are today letting the health minister know that they need to bring forward a new and nation-leading offer.
00:12The union is escalating its fight.
00:15I want to be incredibly clear that the actions that nurses and midwives will be undertaking are targeted and safe.
00:20They will not be impacting patient safety.
00:22It includes not emptying rubbish bins, not cleaning and making beds, not cleaning equipment, not restocking or reordering supplies and no overtime without four hours notice.
00:34Protected action is a matter for the nurses.
00:36There might be a minor inconvenience but I can tell you what's more inconvenient and that's not having enough nurses and midwives to be able to provide care to Queenslanders now and into the future.
00:45The government has insisted its negotiating in good faith.
00:49We want our health workers and nurses to be with nation-leading wages.
00:54Those negotiations will continue.
00:56Maintaining nation-leading wages and conditions is not about nurses buying Gucci handbags.
01:01This is about them actually having safe working conditions.
01:04I think this is nurses and midwives calling on the government to deliver on its promise.
01:09Throughout these negotiations the government has claimed its offer to nurses and midwives is nation-leading.
01:15Something the union strongly rejects.
01:17The nurses want a 13 per cent pay rise over three years while the government has offered 11.
01:23There's some sympathy for nurses.
01:25I do support them.
01:26They do a fantastic job.
01:2811 per cent versus 13 per cent.
01:30Surely it's a small ask.
01:33I think everyone's struggling and they do some really awful shifts.
01:38Nurses and midwives will be still doing overtime but it must be that they have four hours.
01:43No.
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