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NSW paramedics are taking industrial motion of their struggle for extra pay by refusing to invoice sufferers or transfer from their dwelling stations.
On Thursday paramedics will not course of sufferers’ billing info and will not transfer from their dwelling stations to fill gaps elsewhere.
The Australian Paramedics Affiliation says the NSW authorities’s failure to fulfill their pay calls for has led to the economic motion.
“Paramedics have spent the final three years working via fires, floods and the pandemic, all to successfully obtain three successive pay cuts” APA NSW President Chris Kastelan mentioned.
The union welcomed the federal government’s dedication to rent extra paramedics in June final yr, however mentioned with out altering their working circumstances, paramedics would proceed to depart to work elsewhere.
“The degrees of burnout we’re seeing are immense and paramedics are being bombarded with adverts from different ambulance companies from Victoria to Canada to New Zealand,” Mr Kastelan mentioned.
“One of the vital frequent conversations I am having with folks is what profession or service they’re contemplating transferring to, as a result of what we’re doing proper now simply is not sustainable.”
– AAP
