
A NEW trade-union commissioned report says the public service cap is leaving essential services workers more than $10,000 behind inflation over the coming three years, with Hunter Region nurses, teachers and paramedics complaining of over-work and burnout.
The report by Griffith University's emeritus Professor David Peetz - Labour supply and essential worker shortages in key health, education and transport occupations - was commissioned by Unions NSW and launched at John Hunter Hospital on Tuesday by Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey.