Important Notice to All Nurses regarding the 16 hours extra vacation leave to ALL our Members in all hospitals and other places of work and the Meal Allowance for the Nurses working at the PHCD.

AGREEMENT REACHED DIRECTIVES STOPPED

 

We would like to inform you that the Government is doing its utmost to neutralise our Directives regarding the 16 hours extra vacation leave to ALL our Members in all hospitals and other places of work and the Meal Allowance for the Nurses working at the PHCD.

 

The Government is pressuring Nurses to work overtime and change rosters in order to be in position to administer the Influenza Vaccine. There are also attempts to recruit private nurses from private contractors in order to serve as strike breakers.

 

Instead of, the Government called us to find solutions on the matter, decided to try and employ nurses to serve as strike breakers.

 

In this scenario we need to continue to fight for our rights. We are not requesting anything special. The Government, in the electoral manifesto, wrote down that the Public Holidays taken by the previous Government, will be given all back. So this promise should be kept. To give us back what have been taken from us, they need to give us the 16 hours vacation leave so that the promise will be honoured.

 

In this scenario we are issuing two new Directives with the immediate effect about this matter:-

 

1. Do not work overtime related to administration for Influenza Vaccine;
2. Do not accept a change of roster related to administration for Influenza Vaccine.

 

It is important to strictly adhere with these Directives or else we do not get the extra vacation leave and the Meal Allowances.

 

Regards,

 

Colin Galea

General Secretary

MUMN

9^th October 2020