THE Industrial Relations Commission has recommended West Australian nurses lift work bans at public hospitals but the Australian Nurses Federation (ANF) is standing firm in its bid for higher wages and less menial tasks.
The ANF says the commission did not order nurses to open beds but did recommend the lifting of all work bans, which have closed one in five beds in many wards.
But that wouldn't happen unless it was agreed to by a majority of union members at a mass meeting, ANF state secretary Mark Olson said.
"I have also said to the commission that I will not be going to a meeting of our members empty-handed," Mr Olson said.
He called on the government to make an acceptable offer to nurses before the ANF and commission resume talks at 9am (WST) on Thursday.
WA Premier Colin Barnett said no agreement could be signed during the caretaker period, although negotiations at an administrative level could continue.
Mr Barnett said he had the highest regard for nurses but was appealing to them to stop the work bans.
"I don't think there is any justification for closing beds in our hospitals and it is affecting patient care," he told Fairfax Radio.
WA Labor leader Mark McGowan said the party would treat nurses better than the current state government if it won the March 9 election.
"In the course of an election campaign, I cannot be making pay offers to one group or another," he told ABC Radio.
"But I don't think nurses are being treated well. It's very unusual for nurses to take industrial action - the last time it happened was 12 years ago, again under a conservative government.
"They don't do it lightly. They only do it when they feel they are being poorly treated or provoked."
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