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Stand up for Climate Action – Students Strike for Climate
Students will be walking out of school once again on March 15 in a stand to tell our politicians to start treating climate change for what it is: a crisis and the biggest threat to our incoming generations.
VAHPA takes Alfred Health to the Fair Work Commission …. again
VAHPA and Alfred Health appeared in conciliation before Commissioner Wilson on 13 February.
Action Alert! Radiation Therapy Under Attack
The battle for the senior Radiation Therapy positions at Alfred Health continues on several fronts!
‘Twas the week before Christmas
A week before Christmas, Physiotherapists working for a large health provider in Melbourne were told that they would have to work over the Christmas break. This wasn’t the case in the past and VAHPA ensured it remained so.
New Community Health Agreement voted up
We’re pleased to report that the ballot for the Multi-Employer Allied Health Professionals Agreement was successful.
Esso Longford Dispute – 596 days going and (still) counting
Representatives from VAHPA spent the day on the front line of the UGLy/Esso Longford dispute on Thursday, January 24, to support the efforts of and give solidarity to the workers.
VAHPA Elections 2019
Late last year, as happens from time to time, a member of the Branch Committee of Management and Delegate to National Council resigned her office. This created two casual vacancies that need to be filled by election.
AABill spells bad news for the union movement
VAHPA condemns the passing of the Assistance and Access Bill (the AABill) through the Australian Parliament on Thursday, December 6.
Media Release: Union Protests Barwon Health Annual General Meeting
ictorian Allied Health Professionals Association (VAHPA) members from Barwon Medical Imaging attended the Annual General Meeting of Barwon Health to highlight the service and staffing cutbacks being pursued by the organisation.
Media Release: Multi-million dollar new Barwon Health facility set to gather dust
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NEW BARWON HEALTH FACILITY SET TO GATHER DUST World class CT scanner installed but has no staff employed to run it. $33 million desperately needed Barwon North development denied opportunity to get bulk-billing MRI licence. Barwon Health is proudly boasting about the arrival of its new multi-million-dollar CT scanner at Barwon Medical Imaging.Continue reading
VAHPA Calls for Urgent Climate Change Action in Light of Recent IPCC Report
On October 7, the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a sobering report on a 1.5°C hotter planet. At heart the report indicated that the amount of coal and other fossil fuel that humans can burn before things turn ugly is small very small indeed. In fact, if we continue doing business as usual,Continue reading
Australia Needs a Pay Rise Rally called for October 23
The next big Change The Rules rally, around the theme of wages, has been called for the 23rd of October. WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 10.30am WHERE: Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St Carlton. Are you in? This will be of the same scale as the May 9 Change The Rules rally, which saw more thanContinue reading