New Zealand nurses prepare more strikes as healthcare crisis worsens
New Zealand nurses prepare more strikes as healthcare crisis worsens About 30,000 nurses, healthcare assistants and midwives in public hospitals around New Zealand voted earlier this month to hold another three nationwide strikes. The members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) held an eight-hour strike on June 9 after rejecting a derisory pay rise offer of just 1.38 percent. The District Health Boards’ offer was effectively a pay cut relative to inflation and contained nothing to address the staffing crisis in hospitals. The Labour Party-led government announced a wage freeze in ...
Source: wsws.org
