Nurses Continue Action After Rejecting Renewed Pay Deal

Members on May 17 closed one in four hospital beds and cancelled some surgeries for about eight hours because of the industrial dispute.

Nurses and members of the health sector rally outside NSW Parliament House in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 15, 2022. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Thousands of Victorian nurses and midwives are continuing to stage industrial action after rejecting a renewed pay offer from the state government.

The “no” vote came as a surprise to their union leaders, who had struck an in-principle agreement with the government late on Friday.