The looming threat of more hospital beds closing could be brought to a halt as Victorian nurses and midwives vote on a revised pay offer.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation members will meet on Wednesday in Melbourne and eight regional sites to vote on a 28.5 per cent wage increase over four years.
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Union members knocked back an in-principle agreement in May after voting to begin industrial action including shutting down one in four hospital beds.
Under the initial agreement, workers were offered a wage boost of 18 to 23 per cent over four years but it was rejected due to a number of uncertainties.
The union said the latest offer provides dates for all increases and restores relativities between all classifications by the end of the agreement.
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The Victorian government and several agencies remain locked in pay disputes with firefighters, paramedics and regional train workers.
In late May, Victoria Police and the force's union struck an in-principle agreement to phase in a nine-day fortnight no later than January 1, 2029, and give the workforce a 16 per cent pay rise over four years.