HSUWA in Perth, Western Australia | Trade union
HSUWA
Locality: Perth, Western Australia
Phone: +61 8 9328 5155
Address: 8 Coolgardie Tce 6000 Perth, WA, Australia
Website: http://www.hsuwa.com.au
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25.01.2022 HSUWA Secretary Naomi McCrae says there are signs our aged care sector is in crisis. "Ive had workers tell me their workloads are so high they are only able to meet the basic, life-essential needs of their clients...theyre not actually able to provide care," she said. According to new economic modelling commissioned by the Health Services Union, raising the Medicare Levy from 2 per cent to 2.65 per cent could repair the system and allow the sector to hire 59,000 extra aged... workers. What do you think of this proposal?
25.01.2022 Members in Western Diagnostic Pathology celebrated an important step recently, with their employer sending out a notice to begin the formal bargaining process for a union agreement. Members worked hard to get to this point, building power, running group meetings, surveying important issues, voting on a log of claims and putting union stickers on to demonstrate their commitment to winning a fair deal. Congratulations to all of the members on their efforts!
24.01.2022 HSUWA has secured an offer from WA Health for a new Union Agreement 2020-2022, which includes: A pay increase of $1000 from 1 July 2020 (back paid) and $1000 from 1 July 2021 (pro-rata for part-time employees) Immediate casual loading increase to 22%, and 25% by July 2021... Superannuation on unpaid parental leave (up to 12 weeks) A review process for casual employees, or those on fixed term contracts, after two years employment Better rights when it comes to securing different work arrangements A two-year term from 1 July 2020 and no loss of entitlements or conditions All public sector members will receive further details of the offer and an email ballot this week. Voting will open for two weeks from Friday 21 August 2020. This is a win for all, because of union members. Talk to your colleagues about joining our union. For more information visit: https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
24.01.2022 Congratulations to our Union Representatives of the Year 2020, Javad Tehrani from Perth Children's hospital and Leonie Whitfield from Western Diagnostics Pathology. Well done to all our nominees for this award, who have all been outstanding advocates for their colleagues! For more information about this year's winners, please click here: https://www.hsuwa.com.au//union-representative-of-the-year
24.01.2022 Last night, the upper house passed the McGowan Government industrial manslaughter laws the day after unions rallied outside Parliament House demanding justice for Jonnie the 23-year-old apprentice who tragically fell to his death when a glass roof collapsed at a Curtin University construction site last week. Congratulations to Unions WA and Families Left Behind, who have fought tirelessly for these legislative changes. The Safety Levy Bill will return to the Legislative Assembly alongside the Work Health and Safety Bill in November to be finalised. https://thewest.com.au//legislative-council-pass-mcgowan-g
23.01.2022 Aged care workers under an award will be entitled to two weeks paid leave if they are required to self-isolate due to COVID-19. We congratulate the Fair Work Commission for protecting these workers after a claim was brought by the HSU and other unions. We now call on employers to grant paid pandemic leave for all aged care workers, whether they are covered by a Modern Award or by an Enterprise Agreement.
23.01.2022 We wish a fond farewell to Union Assistant Secretary Chris Panizza Private Sector Lead Organiser Gilbert Reid, Treasurer and HSS stalwart Dave Shaw, and Committee Member and former SCGH OT Cassie Reading. Here's some photos from their send off on Wednesday The Royal Perth
22.01.2022 Did you know that all WA health staff have access to a dedicated confidential wellness helpline to support them and their mental health during this pandemic? The helpline is available from 8am 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, to assist staff who may need psychological support. Being a health worker in these times can be difficult and emotionally intense work; if you need support, please call 1800 955 765. ... Go to our website for the latest WA Health Union Update: https://hsuwa.com.au//covid-/wa-health-union-update-16-634
22.01.2022 INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE Aegis Aged Care, the largest privately owned Residential Aged Care Provider in WA are refusing to pay aged care workers the 3% pay rise contained in their Enterprise Agreement. HSUWA members (and colleagues who would like to find out more) are encouraged to join our online meeting on Monday to discuss how HSUWA can help.... DETAILS: Monday 17 Aug 2020 04:00 PM Perth https://zoom.us/j/95172637644
21.01.2022 Today, the HSUWA joins the campaign to demand Action for Aged Care - to fix our broken aged care system, protect workers who have been at the front line of the fight against the virus and provide better quality care to older Australians. Get involved and sign the petition demanding Action for Aged Care: https://utm.io/uKId
21.01.2022 The latest winner of the Recruit a Member $250 prize is Kylie Smith. Kylie works as a clerk at Geraldton Hospital and is on the lookout for more of her colleagues to become members and grow the Union! Great work, Kylie!
21.01.2022 The HSUWA has received an offer from the WA Department of Health, which includes up to 12 weeks full super entitlements during unpaid Parental Leave. Members have received a digital ballot by email. Please have your say by voting on our new Union Agreement before Friday 4 September 2020. For all the offer details visit https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
20.01.2022 Today is International Pathology Day! To all our members who work in pathology, we celebrate the contribution you make to the wellbeing of our community. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the importance of the role you play, particularly in your efforts of virus testing to gain the knowledge WA needed to protect our community. ... Well done!
19.01.2022 The HSUWA Annual General Meeting was recently held to review the work of 2020. For a summary of the event, please click here: https://www.hsuwa.com.au/member-news/union-agm-2020-676
19.01.2022 Today unions and business are coming together to call on the federal government to provide paid pandemic leave for all workers who need to test and self-isolate. Read our joint letter with the Business Council of Australia.
18.01.2022 Union Update #15: Please see the latest information sheet for union members, provided by the Department of Health on the COVID-19 situation. This update contains information on WA's assistance to Victorias COVID-19 response which saw Professor Tarun Weeramanthri deployed to assist with Victoria's operational and strategic management of their public health response. It also includes details on the McGowan Government's $36 million elective surgery blitz and WA Health's "fire...side chat" series which is moderated by Health Consumers' Council Executive Director Pip Brennan and allows West Australians to engage with the WA health leadership. The information is current as of Friday July 10, 2020. Read here: https://www.hsuwa.com.au//co/wa-health-union-update-15-633
17.01.2022 Today is Thank You for Working in Aged Care Day! Aged care staff have done incredible work in the toughest of conditions throughout 2020. We at HSUWA thank them for all of the work they do within the WA community. Visit changeagedcare.org for more information about the day.
17.01.2022 At our recent AGM, we warmly welcomed the announcement of the re-election of our President Cheryl Hamill, Committee Member Drazen Nikolic, and Committee of Management Members Ric Skipworth and Michael Berry. Thank you to our outgoing Committee Members John Shehade and Chris Goodsell for their time and faithful dedication to the union over many years.
16.01.2022 Workers have carried Australia through the pandemic. We need politicians to realise that workers are the hidden heroes of this crisis, and that we will not accept cuts to wages or working conditions. The Federal Government is considering changes to industrial relations laws and big business wants to exploit the crisis.... When the big business lobby talks about "flexibility" and "reform", it is code for cutting wages and removing your rights at work. To help build support for our position the ACTU has launched a new campaign For the Workers. You can see the new campaign website here:
16.01.2022 Throwback Thursday! Check out this member win from last year. "A member approached the union this week with concerns about factually incorrect paperwork they were being asked to sign by their employer."
16.01.2022 "The most important job of my working life..." Brett Clements.
15.01.2022 Researchers at the Nossal Institute of Global Health at the University of Melbourne are looking for real time experience of healthcare workers during the pandemic to inform the future preparedness of health systems and policy. Respondents and their workplaces cannot be identified. Please follow the link for more. https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/healthworkervoices
15.01.2022 The 124 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety confirm the aged care system requires comprehensive reform to deliver the high-quality care that older Australians deserve. Your union is working on a submission to the Commission before the 12 November deadline to better protect the aged care workforce. For more information: https://www.hsuwa.com.au//aged-care-royal-commission-furth
15.01.2022 According to the Federal Department of Health, PPE is not released from the national stockpile to aged care homes until they record an outbreak of coronavirus. Before then, it is up to the provider to source and purchase PPE for staff. Is this sufficient protection for our WA aged care workers?
15.01.2022 The HSUWA reminds all to help stop the spread of COVID-19. With some simple precautions, you could save a life.
14.01.2022 Nominations for Union Representative of the Year are open! A big congratulations and thank you to all our union representatives for their resilience and contribution to their union during this extraordinary year. If you would like to nominate someone for special recognition as the Union Representative of the Year 2020, please click this link and complete the form by Friday 4 December: https://hsuwa.us9.list-manage.com/track/click
14.01.2022 The HSUWA is is thinking of our fellow healthcare workers in Victoria who are responding to the rapid spread of COVID. Unfortunately, and as predicted by the union movement, we see that workers in precarious jobs without a safety net are a growing source of transmission in Melbourne. Another reason why Paid Pandemic Leave should be available to everyone.
13.01.2022 Excellent analysis showing women are paid less then men in every occupation. Previous research has not being able to fully explain why, pointing to the missing factor of society wide sexism.
13.01.2022 Minister for Mental Health Roger Cook has announced an analysis of the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Commencing in January, the analysis will be overseen by a respected independent expert and will proactively engage CAMHS staff. The crisis at CAMHS has been building for years with members under unrelenting pressure from the growth in referrals. HSU members will fiercely advocate for the necessary investment in, and support of, the CAMHS workforce in 2021.
13.01.2022 The HSUWA reminds our members to help stop the spread of COVID-19. With some simple precautions, you could save a life.
13.01.2022 The HSUWA has received an offer from the WA Department of Health, which includes a pay increase of $1000 from 1 July 2020 (back paid) and $1000 from 1 July 2021 (pro-rata for part-time employees). Members have received a digital ballot by email. Please have your say by voting on our new Union Agreement before Friday 4 September 2020. For all the offer details visit https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
12.01.2022 The WA Government today launched new weekly testing regime for frontline workers. It has been 150 days since the last case of community transmission, but those in the health sector, patrolling our borders or enforcing restrictions remain at greater risk of infection. HSUWA supports this move and will continue to advocate for expanded asymptomatic testing to help detect the spread of COVID-19 in WA.
12.01.2022 THE 'HERSTORY' OF SUPERANNUATION - LET'S NOT GO BACK TO THE 70s. Women in Super Chair, Cate Wood, has called on the Morrison Government to deliver the promised increase to compulsory superannuation or condemn further generations of women to poverty and homelessness in retirement. 'The Herstory of Superannuation' paper marks the contribution of superannuation to the independent accumulation of retirement savings and identifies what more could to be done to improve the system... in order to mitigate women's vulnerability to poverty in retirement. https://clarety-wis.s3.amazonaws.com//The-Herstory-of-Supe
11.01.2022 Hitender Bhatia from PathWest is our August winner of the Recruit a Member competition. Hitenda has very kindly donated his $250 cash prize to the Cancer Council. Sign up a colleague to your union today for your chance to win! https://www.hsuwa.com.au/get-active/you-could-win-250
11.01.2022 Union members face another fight with the Morrison Government over the Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill, which will reduce hard-won worker conditions and rights under the guise of "economic recovery". We're urgently seeking member support to campaign against the Bill by coming forward to tell their stories. For more information about the Bill and how you can help defeat it, please click here: https://www.hsuwa.com.au//hsu-members-need-to-fight-the-in
11.01.2022 Members at Western Diagnostic Pathology have voted yes ! Members are getting ready to negotiate by voting up a log of claims they will bring to the negotiations. Yes to a better fairer Enterprise Agreement ! Yes to a fair and decent pay rise !
11.01.2022 Did you see HSUWAs Secretary on ABC News this week? Naomi McCrae spoke to political reporter Jacob Kagi calling for a much needed rebuild of Royal Perth Hospital. Watch the full story below.
09.01.2022 Tomorrow is the HSU's Thank You for Working in Aged Care Day. All throughout this year we've seen aged care workers hit with circumstances like never before. They do extraordinary work, and tomorrow we get to celebrate all of the tremendous efforts they put in every day across Australia. Visit changeagedcare.org for more information.
09.01.2022 Health, aged care, and disability support workers are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. Many of these colleagues are in low paid and insecure work and cannot afford to take time off - saying no to a shift can mean the difference between putting food on the table or going hungry. Join our campaign to secure paid pandemic leave for health, aged care and disability support workers.... https://hsu.net.au//protect-healthcare-heroes-with-paid-p/
09.01.2022 This week WA Parliament passed legislation to make it easier for health workers contracting COVID-19 to access Workers' Compensation. The Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Bill 2020 passed after the HSUWA joined with other health unions and advocated for this change. WA health workers have now gained essential protections if they contract COVID-19, which makes it simpler to access workers' compensation support. ... Read our full media release here: https://www.hsuwa.com.au//wa-health-unions-welcome-new-wor
09.01.2022 Member Win Wednesday! "After 13 years of employment at a major Perth hospital, Rebecca has finally achieved permanency in her job."
08.01.2022 Here are just a few reasons why you should join the Health Services Union of Western Australia. www.hsuwa.com.au/join
08.01.2022 Union members are on the front lines of WA's COVID-19 response and with a state election just around the corner, now is the time to make your health priorities known. Please click the link to take our state election member survey, which will inform the priorities and advocacy of the HSUWA: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y86RSNC
07.01.2022 Having worked in Aged Care for over ten years I know that staff do an incredible job in often difficult conditions. I want to extend my huge THANK YOU to all of my colleagues out there today and every day. - Ann-Marie Millar, Therapy Assistant For more information about Thank You for Working in Aged Care Day, visit: changeagedcare.org
06.01.2022 The HSUWA has joined the ACTU’s call to keep the JobSeeker payment with the full coronavirus supplement after the Morrison Government announced that it would begin dropping next year. Before the pandemic, the equivalent to the JobSeeker payment (NewStart) was just $40.42 a day. Following union pressure, the coronavirus supplement was added taking it to $58.26, but the government is reducing this to $51.20 in January, before removing the supplement entirely at the end of Mar...ch. As ACTU President Michele O’Neil has said: Rather than supporting working people through the worst economic downturn in a century, the government has reverted to ideological attacks on the unemployed. #RaiseTheRateForGood
06.01.2022 The first of more than 80 WA health workers have taken off to assist our comrades in COVID-impacted aged care facilities in Victoria. From all of us at the HSUWA, we thank you for your dedication and hope you return safely soon!
04.01.2022 The HSUWA has received an offer from the WA Department of Health, which includes a review process for employees on fixed term contracts and casuals after two years employment. Members have received a digital ballot by email. Please have your say by voting on our new Union Agreement before Friday 4 September 2020. For all the offer details visit https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
04.01.2022 HSUWA Secretary Naomi McCrae has spoken to ABC calling for the Royal Perth Hospital rebuild to be expedited as part of the State Government's multi-billion dollar COVID-19 recovery plan. Ms McCrae said while the new mental health unit and helipad were important upgrades, they were nowhere near enough. "As a state we can do better, its the tertiary hospital located in our city centre. ... Read the full story here: https://www.abc.net.au//royal-perth-hospital-pati/12540860
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03.01.2022 Our Speech Pathologists work to ensure everyone can communicate with confidence We share this terrific testimonial in recognition of this, for Speech Pathology week A young family who recently accessed speech pathology services in the Midwest said the staff at Geraldton Hospital worked tirelessly with their child both at school and the hospital each week.... My child has gone from a shy, barely speaking child, to a child who asserts themselves confidently. We couldnt be more grateful!
03.01.2022 The HSUWA has received an offer from the WA Department of Health, which includes an immediate casual loading increase to 22%, and to 25% by July 2021. Members have received a digital ballot by email. Please have your say by voting on our new Union Agreement before Friday 4 September 2020. For all the offer details visit https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
02.01.2022 HSU Member Kyle Roberts, who usually works as a clerk at PCH, recently jumped at the chance to take on a temporary role at the COVID Clinic to help fight the pandemic. Kyle made some great connections with a wide variety of staff, and was grateful for the experience. Kyle has since nominated to become a Workplace Rep in Health Information at PCH. Its terrific to have people of such character become Workplace Reps. Well done Kyle!
01.01.2022 NAIDOC Week is officially back from Sunday 8th to the 15th of November and there are plenty of events happening around WA to celebrate. This year’s theme, ‘Always Was, Always Will be’ acknowledges that hundreds of Nations and our cultures covered this continent. All were managing the land - the biggest estate on earth - to sustainably provide for their future. Check out the NAIDOC website to read more, or to find an event near you. https://www.naidoc.org.au/
01.01.2022 HSUWA members have won a pay rise! Many HSUWA members in aged care and private hospitals are covered by federal enterprise agreements negotiated with their employer, and from 1 July at least 15 agreements delivered a pay increase to these health workers some as high as 3%! Members had to stick together and fight hard for this and the benefits flow to everyone working for that employer.... Well done HSUWA members! If you're not a member, join today: https://hsuwa.com.au/get-active/join-hsuwa
01.01.2022 IMPORTANT REMINDER: Voting for our new 2020 Union Agreement ends 5pm Friday, September 4. This offer from WA Health is a win for public sector members and we encourage you to vote via the digital ballot sent to you last week. For all the offer details visit: https://www.hsuwa.com.au/public-sector-eba-2020
