Source:Â New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO says health care workers across Aotearoa New Zealand are extremely disappointed following the governmentâs pay freeze announcement.
Despite being on the frontline for COVID-19, Nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and kaimahi hauora employed by District Health Boards (DHB) could all be affected by the announcement.
NZNO Industrial Services Manager Glenda Alexander says she is seriously concerned about the impact of the policy on NZNOâs work to resolve gender pay issues within nursing and midwifery.
âThis announcement could set back our efforts to resolve the longstanding undervaluation of our membersâ work, especially regarding pay rates for nurses.
Monday, 12 April 2021, 10:39 am
The nearly 30,000 district health board (DHB) members of
the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) have received the
first DHB offer in their multi-employer collective agreement
(MECA) negotiations, which began last year. In a survey of
the affected membership the overwhelming feedback was that
this offer would be rejected out of hand.
These
nurses, midwives, health care assistants (HCAs) and kaimahi
hauora say the offer fails to recognise the tremendous
workload and highly pressurised working conditions they
endure and will do nothing to address the DHB staffing
crisis that puts themselves and patients in
peril.
Lead Advocate and NZNO Industrial Advisor David
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