Read more about those steps here.<\/a><\/p>\nIn hospitals across the country, those that have not been infected and are still working are having holidays cancelled and doing double and triple shifts, according to paramedics and other health workers in Queensland and Victoria.<\/p>\n
UWU WA Secretary Carolyn Smith said she understood it was a tough announcement for those with family overseas or interstate but that many workers in the most vulnerable industries were breathing a sigh of relief today.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince Christmas I have been flooded with calls from workers and colleagues over east describing the disaster which is unfolding,\u201d Ms Smith said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe supply chain has fallen apart because Scott Morrison did not have a plan to ameliorate his \u2018let it rip\u2019 strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHealth care and aged care providers are eligible for free RATs and PPE, through the National Stockpile but they are unable to access these life-saving tools until it\u2019s often too late.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know some of our members haven\u2019t seen their family in years but to open the borders on 5 February while omicron spreads unabated in the eastern states would put too many workers and the people they care for at risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorkers in all of the industries that we represent outside of WA are being frequently exposed to infection but have little support to get tested or to isolate. Many industries rely heavily on casual workers, but these workers face financial insecurity and enormous pressure to return to work, potentially infecting others.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as calling on Scott Morrison to do his job with regards to the overall management of the pandemic Ms Smith said there was also an opportunity for the WA Government to properly learn from what is happening in other states.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been given a chance to get this right it\u2019s now up to State Government, Premier Mark McGowan and his Ministers to sit down with workers across the various industries that will be most impacted when the border opens to understand their concerns and ideas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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