The New Zealand Nurses Organisation says its 30,000 members who work in DHBs have voted overwhelmingly to reject a second offer in their current round of multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) negotiations. This means the eight-hour strike planned .
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The eight-hour strike by nurses at all public hospitals and DHB facilities will go ahead this week after the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) voted to reject a second offer. Source: istock.com
NZNO lead advocate David Wait said the second DHB offer did not significantly change and did not address serious nursing workforce issues and pay rates that do not attract people into the profession or retain the people we have .
Nurses around the country will walk off the job in protest from 11am to 7pm on Wednesday.
It s the second DHB offer that the union has turned down, which Wait said still fails to address the issues raised and wasn t significantly different to the previous offer.