Nurses have walked off the job this morning at Upper Hunter hospitals for 12 and half hours over a long running pay dispute with successive State Government’s.
The frontline health workers are demanding a 15 percent pay increase which will still result in them earning less than Sydney rail staff.
Many local nurses and midwives will travel down to Newcastle to take part in a Hunter region protest rally.
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Life-preserving services will be maintained during the strike.
