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The major nurses' union says the Government's decision to freeze large swathes of the public sector's pay could push many of its members into voting for strike action.
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By Jordan Bond of rnz.co.nz
Following a meeting with unions, the Government said that it will now consider cost-of-living increases for public servants and review pay increases before the end of next year.
But that climbdown may be too late for nurses who have until tomorrow to decide whether months of stalled pay negotiations should result in industrial action.
RNZ spoke to a senior nurse who last year was terrified of dying from Covid-19 or at least giving it to her family, so she lived separately from them in a sleep-out, sacrificing family life so she could care for sick people.