Campaign updates

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These campaign updates have been emailed to members: 

18 March 2025 Members who took annual leave instead of being stood down without pay during protected industrial action urged to notify 糖心原创 [PDF] or

11 March 2025 St Vincent's Private EBA now out for access period [PDF] or

28 February 2025 Staffing and workload clause finalised, protected industrial action to stop by end of PM shift on Friday 28 February [PDF] or

26 February 2025 Members support revised offer going to a ballot of all St Vincent’s Private nurses and midwives (includes resolution) [PDF]

25 February 2025 members meeting resolution [PDF]

21 February 2025: Bargaining update: additional members’ meeting Tuesday 25 February to consider details of revised offer [PDF] or

19 February 2025: URGENT: Members encouraged to attend St Vincent’s Private members’ meeting – Friday 21 February [PDF] or

14 February 2025: 糖心原创 provides counter-proposal to St Vincent’s Private management following rejected offer. Intensive negotiations to continue [PDF] or

7 February 2025: Members reject St Vincent’s Private offer, which fails to resolve workload, staffing and safe patient care issues (includes resolution) [PDF] or

4 February 2025: Members meeting 2.30pm Friday 7 February to consider new offer and next steps [PDF] or

24 January 2025: Intensive EBA negotiations to start: members vote to pause bed closures, stop works and theatre stoppages for two weeks. All other protected industrial action continues (includes resolution) [PDF] or   

17 January 2025: Federal Court grants interim order [PDF] or

8 January 2025: St Vincent’s Private bed closures commenced today – members stay strong in face of intimidation and misinformation from management [PDF] or  

3 January 2025:  St Vincent’s Private members remain steadfast in their campaign for safe staffing [PDF] or

20 December 2024: St Vincent’s Private members are trailblazers in the private acute sector: rolling stoppages paused and action resumes 6 January [PDF] or

17 December 2024: MEDIA ALERT - St Vincent's Private nurses stop work across 29 operating theatres [PDF] or

13 December 2024: MEDIA ALERT - St Vincent's Private Hospitals nurses and midwives to start daily rolling stop works [PDF] or

12 December 2024: Rolling daily four-hour stop works start from 7am Friday 13 December – St Vincent’s Private EBA update #15 [PDF] or  

6 December 2024: St Vincent’s Private nurses and midwives to escalate action - campaign update #14 [PDF] or

3 December 2024: Let’s do it again! St Vincent’s Private Hospitals members to stop work on Thursday 5 December – campaign update #13 [PDF] or

29 November 2024: Hundreds of St Vincent’s Private Hospitals members stop work and rally for safe staffing and pay parity [PDF] or . Includes bus registration links for the 5 December STOP WORK at 12.30pm. [PDF]. 

26 November 2024: St Vincent’s 糖心原创 Members reject St Vincent’s Private updated offer [PDF] or

26 November 2024 MEDIA ALERT St Vincent’s Private Hospitals nurses and midwives stop work for safe staffing [PDF] or

22 November 2024 update #10 - Stop work and community rally - registration and buses [PDF] or

St Vincent's Private Hospitals STOP WORK 28 November 2024 poster - register if you are coming or to book a place on the bus via   

21 November 2024 - update #9 - STOP WORK and community rally - Thursday 28 November [PDF] or

18 November 2024 - Protected industrial action starts today 7am, Monday 18 November - LET’S DO THIS TOGETHER [PDF] or

13 November 2024 - Protected industrial action to start 7am, Monday 18 November [PDF] or

6 November 2024 - Protected industrial action ballot now open: 糖心原创 recommends you vote YES [PDF] or

1 November 2024 - You voted NO to unacceptable workloads and low allowances, now vote YES to authorise taking protected industrial action or

VOTE YES to protected industrial action flier and protected industrial action FAQs This flier includes information about the voting process

What are the protected industrial actions? This flier provides a list of the actions that will be on the protected industrial action ballot 

Vote YES in your protected industrial action poster

28 October 2024 - St Vincent’s Private Hospitals’ casuals voting issue and online members’ meeting Friday 1 November at 2.30pm [PDF] or

23 October 2024 - 糖心原创 recommends you VOTE NO to reject the St Vincent’s Private Hospitals proposed EBA [PDF] or

15 October 2024 - St Vincent’s Private Hospitals’ EBA ballot to open Thursday 24 October: 糖心原创 recommends you vote NO [PDF] or

11 October 2024 - 糖心原创 recommends you vote NO to St Vincent’s Private Hospitals’ EBA offer [PDF] or