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Big Win for the HSU in NSW
16 March 2004
The Health Services Union has secured a major win in NSW with the state government agreeing that all staff at the Mater Hospital in Newcastle will remain public sector employees even if a private sector redevelopment plan goes ahead.
Premier Bob Carr announced at the HSU's annual conference in Sydney that no employees would be transferred to a private company.
The State Government wants to redevelop the Mater Hospital in a $132 million project which would see the private sector construct and manage non-clinical services.
But the HSU has serious reservations about the potential impact on staff and services to the public of the use of the so-called public private partnerships in health.
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