Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 1:59 pm
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says it’s
ironic that, on the eve of the International Day of the
Nurse, it had to attend a meeting with Government to defend
its members’ right to be treated in good faith while
negotiating their multi-employer collective agreement with
the district health boards.
NZNO Industrial Services
Manager Glenda Alexander said this flies in the face of the
massive contribution nurses, midwives, health care
assistants and kaimahi hauora in Aotearoa New Zealand and
around the world have made during the response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. We applaud each and every one of
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 5:29 pm
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 back our
efforts to resolve the longstanding undervaluation of our
members’ 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
Friday, 12 March 2021, 12:56 pm
After ongoing negotiations with Labtests since September
last year and mediation in late January, NZNO members have
voted to take picket action and commence a 24 hour strike
ballot
NZNO organiser Sarah Barker says the decision
comes after members rejected two offers which failed to even
bring the starting rates up to a living wage. Once
members rejected the first offer of two percent, Labtests
indicated this week they had another offer to present. This
offer did not improve the base pay and in fact for some
steps was lower than their initial offer, leaving members
angry and disappointed.
Friday, 12 February 2021, 5:54 pm
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is urging
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to invest time into hearing
real stories from frontline MIQ nurses and other health
workers.
The Prime Minister has stated publicly that
frontline MIQ workers are being prioritised, but NZNO
believes the Government is not listening to nurses’ voices
so there is little trust on the part of these health
workers. During the first and second
waves of COVID we don’t feel that the Ministry of Health
responded to the matters we raised in a timely way. NZNO has
repeatedly alerted the Government to issues of concern to