Cyberspace beams support for nurses: moving tributes and deep concerns on saveournurses.com.au

Lamp, The,  June, 2008  

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The NSWNA has not only taken our public health system pay and conditions campaign into the lounge rooms of the state via our TV campaign. We have also set up our stall in cyberspace with a special campaign website--www.saveournurses. com.au--and a dedicated page on the social networking website Facebook.

NSWNA Assistant Secretary Judith Kiejda said she was overwhelmed by the response from the community and nurses on the web.

'So many people have made a significant effort to log on to these websites to show their support for our campaign. It is very moving to read the experiences of both nurses and the public and the deep mutual respect they have for each other and the serious concerns everyone holds about our public health system,' she said.

'Morris Iemma and everyone else in the State Government should take note and act.'

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WHAT YOU CAN DO ONLINE TO BUILD OUR CAMPAIGN

The NSWNA has three web initiatives in play to help us build our campaign:

www.saveournurses.com.au you can post your own message of support for the campaign. There is a 'Send to a Friend' function on the site, which allows you to let other people know about the site and encourage them to participate. There is also a clip of our TV ad that you can play.

Facebook the NSWNA has created a campaign information group on Facebook. If you are a Facebook user join the group by searching for Fair Conditions, Fair Pay, Nurses Stay, It's that Simple in the groups application--or go to www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=24057856064 and invite your friends to join our campaign.

www.nswnurses.asn.au the NSWNA's main website has the latest information including media releases, campaign news and resources. You can also join the union online!

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CHANGE YOUR WORLD AND HAVE SOME FUN

Kate Lee, a NSWNA Bargaining Campaign Officer, set up a campaign information group on Facebook to tap into the burgeoning online social network and make it work in the interests of NSW nurses and midwives.

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'Our presence on Facebook allows a younger audience, who interact differently to other parts of our membership, to get involved.' she said.

'There is a space for discussion. They can put up photos of themselves involved in campaign activities. They can share experiences--what it is like in their workplace and how they can change it. They can tell others, forward information and get them involved.'

Kate said the response had been fantastic. As The Lamp went to press there were 3,000 supporters, joining at the rate of 100 per day. There is now a competition with weekly prizes for the best photo of a campaign activity.

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