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By Tom Peters More than 1,000 medical laboratory workers in New Zealand held 24-hour strikes on November 17 and 20, with workers in different parts of the country striking on different days. The workers, including scientists, technicians, and phlebotomists, ...

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Laboratory workers, employed by private company Awanui, play a vital role in the health system but are paid poverty wages barely above the minimum wage.

Staff at one of the country's biggest laboratory services will strike again, claiming they are underpaid compared to Te Whatu Ora employees.

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Angus Macdonald, aged 9, was presented with a wooden trophy in the shape of a musical note and a certificate.

In the middle of a bitter pay dispute between APEX members and Awanui Labs, more news has emerged about the crisis in the medical laboratory sector

Awanui Labs, responsible for around 70% of public hospital and community medical laboratory testing, is still refusing to make anything approaching a reasonable pay offer to settle a collective agreement with their laboratory staff

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