AS ANTICIPATED, AT A MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT WITHDREW FROM THE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH AMBULANCE WORKERS IN FEBRUARY.
Tim Jacobson, State Secretary of HACSU, said, “The representatives at today’s meeting initially denied any knowledge of the agreement reached with HACSU in February, then conceded that those people who negotiated the agreement with us made a major mistake.”
“Ambulance workers are furious that this government is so disorganised and incompetent that after reaching an agreement with its workers, that it then believes it can simply walk away from that agreement.” Tim Jacobson said.
The government’s actions have only served to galvanise the resolve of Ambulance Tasmania employees who now understand very clearly that this government cannot be trusted.
The admission by the government representatives at today’s meeting that the government’s previous negotiating team had made a major mistake is an admission that there was an agreement reached with us in February.
Tim Jacobson, State Secretary of HACSU
