Unions: Graduate nursing drive is cheap labour scam

Nursing unions say the HSE initiative to hire 1,000 graduate nurses at 80% of previous salaries is a cheap labour scam.

Unions: Graduate nursing drive is cheap labour scam
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

The Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation (INMO) and the Psychiatric Nurses’ association (PNA) have called for a boycott of the new graduate scheme.

Under the scheme nurses will start on €22,000 a year instead of the current €26,000 and have two-year contracts instead of permanent positions.

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