Labor ups ante on paramedic pay pledge

By Kate Hagan Health Reporter
Updated October 26 2014 - 3:08am, first published 12:15am
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie
Labor is trying to capitalise on the government’s failure to strike a wage deal with paramedics. Photo: Angela Wylie

Labor has promised a $3000 bonus and 6 per cent pay rise to paramedics if it wins office at next month's election - matching a pay offer from the government - but is pledging to also meet union demands on working conditions to resolve a bitter two-year industrial dispute.

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