Tag: nurses
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Media Monitor: Nurses Join October Strike in New Zealand
RNZ is reporting that nurses in New Zealand have voted to strike on Oct. 23, the same day primary school teachers and allied health workers plan to strike. It said more than 36,000 nurses who work for Health NZ will…
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Media Monitor: RNZ Reports on Nurses' Pay Dispute, Loafers Lodge Trial
RNZ is reporting that Health New Zealand's clinical boss said he was unaware nurses were demanding a 3% pay increase as part of strike action this week. It said he was unsure if the demands related to staffing or pay.…
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Government Unlikely to Fund Pay Equity for Female-Dominated Sectors
The Government is unlikely to fund pay equity for hospice and Plunket nurses, care and support workers, and other female-dominated workforces. Brooke Van Velden told Parliament that the Government, under Minister Nicola Willis' pay equity reset, indicated that the funded…
Politics and GovernmentHealthEmployment and LaborSocial Issues pay equitygovernment fundingnursescare workersJan TinettiChristopher LuxonBrooke Van Velden