Nearly all nurses and midwives voted no to the financial package that the government has offered for a new collective agreement, the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said.

The vote took place at an extraordinary general conference held Tuesday.

The MUMN will be giving more details on how the union intends to proceed in a press conference to be given later today.

During the Extraordinary General Conference, 97.6% of the nurses and midwives who attended voted against while 1% voted in favour. 1.4% were invalid votes. Present were 804 Nurses & Midwives. This was the largest ever participation for a General Conference since the union’s foundation in 1996.

MUMN said it will also explain the reason why the nurses and midwives rejected the Government’s package while explaining certain events that occurred in the last few days.