title: And it all came tumbling down...new industrial relations legislation to hurt nurses.
abstract: When the Howard Government gains total control of Parliament in July this year, it has announced it will introduce legislation which will dismantle Australia's industrial relations system. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the Queensland Nurses' Union (QNU) expect the new legislation will reduce the role of unions, put downward pressure on wages and conditions and dilute the power of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to hear and resolve disputes. The changes will not only affect nurses' wages and conditions, but threaten to undermine the profession itself.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002322:Career Mobility; D003098:Collective Bargaining / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence