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Union protests over decision not to renew temporary nursing posts

The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) will march to the Gauteng Department of Health on Wednesday morning, protesting against the decision not to renew temporary nursing posts. The Department says it cannot afford to renew all eight-thousand temporary posts created at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The jobs were rolled out to address inadequate capacity, where needed, amid the healthcare crisis. The job terminations are expected to start taking effect […]

16 March 2022

News

Nehawu bemoans state of health facilities during pandemic

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] has called on the government to ensure that healthcare workers are fully protected from the coronavirus at the hospitals they serve. Members visited workplaces in the Western Cape this week as the number of frontline workers to be infected with the coronavirus spirals out of control. The provincial health department confirmed at least 3000 health workers have contracted the virus and […]

3 July 2020

Local

COVID-19: Unions concerned over high-risk staff at hospitals

Not all hospitals and clinics are taking steps to protect high-risk staff from the new coronavirus, say unions. People aged 50 or older are almost 10 times as likely to die from Covid-19 than otherwise healthy younger people, according to recently released figures from the Western Cape health department. The risk of death in people with diabetes and high blood pressure becomes even higher, shows the province's data set, believed […]

27 June 2020

International News

Fired Zimbabwe nurses sue govt, members to resume work on Monday

Zimbabwean nurses have called off a strike against poor working conditions and will return to work on Monday, a nurses union said on Sunday. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga last week announced the sacking of 16,000 striking nurses, accusing them of a “politically motivated” walkout. Zimbabwe National Union (ZINA) said on Saturday that the strike by its members had become “politicized”. “To pave way for the re-opening of negotiations and protection […]

23 April 2018

nurses

Union protests over decision not to renew temporary nursing posts

Nehawu bemoans state of health facilities during pandemic

COVID-19: Unions concerned over high-risk staff at hospitals

Fired Zimbabwe nurses sue govt, members to resume work on Monday

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