As part of their Nurses Rights at Work: Worth Fighting and Voting For campaign, the NSW Nurses Association (NSWNA), Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) and Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) branches in Victoria, South Australia, ACT and the Northern Territory has, in Sydney, launched a hard-hitting series of new television advertisements outlining the negative impact of the Howard Government's industrial relations laws (so-called WorkChoices) on aged care nurses and services. ANF Tasmania will launch in Hobart.
The WorkChoices laws now cover more than 100,000 nurses in nearly all aged care facilities, private hospitals and private practices around the country. They also cover public hospital nurses in Victoria, ACT and the Northern Territory. The Howard Government is now also seeking advice on bringing all State government employees, including public hospital nurses, under WorkChoices.
The TV-ad launch will be part of the NSWNA's Aged Care Nurses Forum, being attended by more than 50 aged care nurses from across NSW and senior nursing union officials from around the country.
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