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NSW paramedics will not respond to non-life-threatening calls while on strike
Around 1,000 New South Wales paramedics will strike over a pay dispute today despite Premier Gladys Berejiklian pleading with them to wait for the state’s budget. The paramedics will refuse to respond to non-life-threatening calls for 24 hours, but serious callouts will not be affected. The action is in opposition to a 1.5 per cent pay increase offer from the government but Premier Berejiklian has said the state budget to be handed down in two weeks will include a package for workers. Health Services Union New South Wales Secretary Gerard Hayes said the strikes “will be disruptive” but insisted there would “absolutely” be enough paramedics working to respond to any life-threatening or serious situations. “We don’t want to put the people of New South Wales at risk obviously but we’re in a position now that we’re seeing highly trained professionals worst paid in the country, lowest resourced in the country, highest injury rates in the country,” he said. “But there is a real professional pay rate here and we need to be able to deal with that with the premier and the government”.
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Around 1,000 New South Wales paramedics will strike over a pay dispute today despite Premier Gladys Berejiklian pleading with them to wait for the state’s budget. The paramedics will refuse to respond to non-life-threatening calls for 24 hours, but serious callouts will not be affected. The action is in opposition to a 1.5 per cent pay increase offer from the government but Premier Berejiklian has said the state budget to be handed down in two weeks will include a package for workers. Health Services Union New South Wales Secretary Gerard Hayes said the strikes “will be disruptive” but insisted there would “absolutely” be enough paramedics working to respond to any life-threatening or serious situations. “We don’t want to put the people of New South Wales at risk obviously but we’re in a position now that we’re seeing highly trained professionals worst paid in the country, lowest resourced in the country, highest injury rates in the country,” he said. “But there is a real professional pay rate here and we need to be able to deal with that with the premier and the government”.
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