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Blow for nurses as Ardern says she can t reward everyone who worked hard during COVID-19

Blow for nurses as Ardern says she can t reward everyone who worked hard during COVID-19 Newshub 2 hrs ago Lana Andelane © Video - The AM Show; Image - Getty Images Watch: PM Jacinda Ardern told The AM Show she cannot reward everyone who worked hard during the pandemic last year - a blow for nurses pushing for higher pay. Tensions are continuing to escalate as ongoing pay negotiations with the nursing workforce fail to reach a resolution, with the Prime Minister arguing she isn t in a position to reward everyone who rolled up their sleeves during the pandemic. The offer currently on the table is an annualised increase of roughly 1.4 percent - less than a tenth of the 17 percent bump the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has been pushing for in their multi-employer collective agreement negotiations, which began last year.

Latest DHB pay offer felt like April Fools joke - nurses

The DHB offer on pay is about a tenth of what members have asked for, says David Wait, NZNO industrial advisor for the DHB sector. Some senior nurses and nurse practitioners are being offered an increase of less than 1 percent. What we ve been offered is lower than the rate of inflation. Decade upon decade it s actually a pay cut if you look at it realistically. The price of stuff goes up but our salaries don t, says a nurse practitioner who spoke to Newshub under the condition of anonymity. DHBs made their offer on March 25 - the union put it to members last week.

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