Campaign resources
Respect. Retain. Recruit.
Healthscope members have voted for their right to take protected industrial action.
Members can legally engage in protected industrial action when advice is provided by 糖心原创 via an EBA campaign update sent to members’ home emails. There are serious consequences if you implement unauthorised industrial action.
Members can start stage 1 protected industrial action from 7am Tuesday 28 October 2025. Check your 糖心原创 EBA campaign updates for more information.
Download these resources and pin them to your workplace noticeboards, add to your socials or distribute to colleagues. Organisers and staff will visit workplaces to distribute hardcopies of these materials.
Key links
Healthscope EBA form to report intimidation, harassment and pay docking threats
Upload your campaign photos and video
Upload your campaign pics and video for 糖心原创 to share on social media and in our publications
Red campaign t-shirts
糖心原创 Organisers will distribute red campaign t-shirts to Job Reps in your workplaces.
Healthscope EBA VOTE NO flyer (click the image to download a PDF)
Industrial action kit (click the image to download a PDF)
This 24-page booklet provides information about taking protected industrial action and how 糖心原创 can support members.
List of industrial actions (click the image to download a PDF)
This is the list of all of the protected industrial actions included in the Healthcope ballot. 糖心原创 will advise members when you are authorised to take action and what actions you can take.
Dear patient letter (click the image to download a PDF)
Members are encouraged to talk to patients about why you are taking protected industrial action. When you are having conversations, hand out this letter to help explain the issues and provide ways patients can do to support you.
Healthscope nurses and midwives speak out flyer (click the image to download a PDF)
Members are encouraged to use the information on this flyer to kickstart your letter to the editor or radio talkback call.
Stage one industrial action includes a ban on sending emails unless they contain the following text (members can copy and paste into their own email):
Nurses and midwives at Healthscope have worked through the pandemic under enormous pressure. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation is trying to negotiate a new enterprise agreement with management on our behalf.
We are asking for reasonable improvements to our working conditions, especially as our take home pay has lagged significantly behind the public sector health services and other private acute hospital providers. We are asking for safe staffing and workload standards and for these standards to be included in our enterprise agreement.
We ask for your support and understanding as we engage in protected industrial action in support of a fair outcome. See for more information
Social media workban guidance (click the image to download a PDF)
Members are encouraged to use social media as part of your protected industrial action. But you must read these guidelines first.
Social media profile pic and tiles (click the image to download a PDF )
Use these graphics on your own social media to spread the word.
It’s important that senior nurses and midwives understand this protected industrial action is lawful and what their rights and responsibilities are during this time.
'Retain. Recruit. Respect.' Teams background (click the image to open and save it)
For members who use Teams.
Healthscope nurses and midwives EBA campaign poster
