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Cleaners at Calvary Hospital have walked off the job following a pay dispute with cleaning contractor Compass Medirest. Staff went on strike for more than two hours on Monday morning, after hospital cleaners were offered a pay rise of just five cents from their hourly rate of $22.02. Wages for Calvary cleaning staff have remained unchanged for almost three years and are $3 lower than wages for cleaners at the nearby Canberra Hospital. More than a dozen hospital cleaners were part of Monday’s…
