Victorian police officers have rejected a landmark pay deal that would have introduced a nine-day fortnight schedule.
At today’s vote, 43 per cent voted to accept the pay deal, but the other 57 per cent have ordered Victoria Police and their union back to the negotiating table.
“What is clear, is that the majority of members felt that they could not endorse the proposed agreement,” Police Association Secretary Wayne Gatt said.
Victoria’s police and nurses have both rejected pay deals offering a four per cent raise this year.
Victoria’s paramedics are still negotiating their pay deal, and almost unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in Ambulance Victoria’s leadership.
Of the 4200 paramedics who voted almost 98 per cent have no confidence in executives at Ambulance Victoria.
About 100 paramedics chanted outside Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas’s Gisborne office, demanding a change in leadership.
The protests come after a paramedic finishing up an 18-hour shift rolled their ambulance near the NSW border at the start of July.
But the Premier may not be so patient.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan however urged the parties to resolve the dispute quickly.
The Health minister will meet with management at Ambulance Victoria next week.
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