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Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation NZNO says health care workers across Aotearoa New Zealand are extremely disappointed following the government’s 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 NZNO’s work to resolve gender pay issues within nursing and midwifery. “This announcement could set ...

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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 staff...