The premier has told nurses and midwives they've won their fight for better conditions and should end industrial action.
Premier Mark McGowan has called for an end to industrial action by nurses and midwives saying they and their union, the Australian Nursing Federation, had won the fight and need to move on.
"The ANF has got what it was asking for," he said.
"They've actually won.
"Sometimes people don't know when they've won."
He cited the ANF's demand for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios as the key victory, despite concerns the government's commitment won't come into effect for about two years.
"The nurse-to-patient ratios is what they've been seeking for decades and decades and they've secured it," he said.
"Work with us to put it in place."
But the ANF's push for a 20 per cent pay increase over two years appears doomed after the union's secretary Janet Reah yesterday conceded the government wasn't going to budge on its 3 per cent per annum offer.
Speaking to reporters this afternoon, ANF boss Mark Olson denied Ms Reah had accepted the state government's pay offer.
"Don't even suggest to me that 3 per cent is a decent wages offer," he said.
"I was there, what she said was if the government comes to the party on a range of matters, the nurses will look at what the range of those matters are."
With rolling stoppages due to start next Wednesday and run until the end of the month, Mr McGowan urged the nurses to end the dispute.
"I would just urge them to take the pay deal, make sure there's $3000 directly in the pockets of nurses immediately, and a larger pay increase than New South Wales and Victoria or South Australia were offering, plus nurse-to-patient ratios that we'll work out over the next couple of years," the premier said.
Fiona Stanley Hospital will be the first hospital affected by the two-week rolling stoppage action, with Mr Olson pledging to pursue a week of bed closures and unlimited strike action thereafter.
He signalled this was the only way to bring the government to the bargaining table.
"The only lever we have is industrial action," he said.
"The only reason the government is talking to us in any way, shape or form is because we've been conducting some kind of a campaign."
The pay and conditions dispute is due back in the Industrial Relations Commission on Friday.
