“All employees classified at Nurse Grade 5 pay point 1 on 1 December 2027 will progress to Nurse Grade 6 pay point 2 on this date (which will become the new pay point 1 from December 2027),” according to the latest offer seen by this masthead.
The union has been in negotiations with Queensland Health since the beginning of the year, with nurses and midwives beginning protected industrial action in June.
Wearing campaign shirts and handing out badges, stickers and information escalated to stage two action in July after continued government offer inertia.
This saw the up to 48,000 unionised workers refusing overtime without four hours’ notice, or the completion of tasks such as logging patient details, emptying bins and making beds.
After the government sought conciliation through the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission last month, the independent tribunal called for the union to pause all action for three weeks to September 2.
But the union had told members to continue preparing for a quick re-escalation if a satisfactory outcome couldn’t be reached or the government failed to continue to negotiate in good faith.
“If this happens, we will escalate to Stage 3 strike action across the state,” said an update to members on the union’s website at the time.
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