National Union of Public Employees - Latest News [Page 10]
Fishery Officers’ Pay Rise Needed Post Scampi
Monday, 8 December 2003, 10:44 am | National Union of Public Employees
''NUPE wants the Government to pay urgent attention to the pay and conditions of Fishery Officers when it deals with the outcome of the Scampi Inquiry,'' said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) who represent ... More >>
PD Supervisors Deny Plan To Drop And Run
Friday, 28 November 2003, 3:04 pm | National Union of Public Employees
NUPE Work Party Supervisors deny Corrections Department allegations that they are currently planning to strike while on the job leaving detainees carrying out their community work sentences unattended... More >>
Gagging Of Clinical Staff Unacceptable
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 5:54 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“The CDHB is pressuring staff members to sign a new code of conduct which gags clinical staff from speaking to the media and demands loyalty to the CDHB, just before vital Stopwork Meetings being held next week,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National ... More >>
Queen Mary Redundancy Lesson For Negotiations
Monday, 17 November 2003, 5:39 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE’s mental health delegates will consider tomorrow the implications of the Queen Mary liquidation for the CDHB Multi Union Collective Agreement MUCA negotiations on Wednesday 19th November,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union ... More >>
Queen Mary Hospital Land Sale By Cdhb Opposed
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 6:14 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE is totally opposed to the sale of the Queen Mary land and is questioning whether the CDHB is indirectly responsible for the collapse of the services of the Hanmer Clinics last week,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union of Public ... More >>
Underfunded Corrections Cannot Supervise Paedophil
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 1:36 pm | National Union of Public Employees
''The Government likes to talk the talk that it is tough on sentences but unless it properly funds Corrections to do tasks like supervising paedophiles it can never walk the walk,'' Janice Gemmell of NUPE said today. More >>
Govt Moves Close Queen Mary Hospital Today
Friday, 7 November 2003, 9:07 am | National Union of Public Employees
“78 Staff at the former Queen Mary Hospital (Hanmer Clinics) are attending meetings this morning to hear that their jobs have gone as of today,” said Janice Gemmell, Organiser of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) today. She was commenting ... More >>
Minister Deserves Only 40% Of His Pay Rise
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 10:12 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Paul Swain should apply the same principle he applies to Work Party Supervisors and only accept 40% of the $32,000 pay rise he received last week,” Janice Gemmell of NUPE said today. More >>
Situation Worse For Work Party Supervisors
Monday, 3 November 2003, 9:26 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Work Party Supervisors are angry that the Department of Corrections has taken actions that further reduce Work Party Supervisors’ pay and conditions and is refusing to meet to discuss progress on issues,” Janice Gemmell of NUPE said today. “Work Party ... More >>
Union To Campaign Hard To Save Queen Mary Hospital
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 6:48 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Our Union is calling on all groups trying to save Queen Mary from closure to protest at the Labour Party Conference two weekends from now to get the Government to reconsider its decision to stop funding our only national health facility for residential inpatient ... More >>
Queen Mary Hospital Hanmer Closure Loss For NZers
Friday, 24 October 2003, 10:36 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“New Zealanders will be appalled that our only national health facility for residential inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation will be closed on 28 November,” said Janice Gemmell, Organiser of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) today. She was ... More >>
Strike Just Start For Work Party Supervisors
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:56 am | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE Work Party Supervisors held their first strike ever against their employer the Department of Corrections on Saturday,” Janice Gemmell, Organiser for the National Union of Public Employees said today. “Direct action will continue with a protest ... More >>
Employees Lose Pay While Offenders Sleep
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 1:28 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“Negotiations between NUPE Work Party Supervisors and the Department of Corrections have broken down as the employer appears to be trying to accommodate the low compliance level of sentenced offenders into our Collective Employment Agreement,” Janice Gemmell, ... More >>
Health Cuts Hurts Campaign
Monday, 6 October 2003, 9:53 am | National Union of Public Employees
The Health Cuts Hurt Campaign understands that Canterbury District Health Board has recently axed residential accommodation for out of town relatives of hospital patients who are undergoing treatment at Christchurch Public Hospital. Whilst a Whanau ... More >>
Health Cuts Hurts Campaign
Monday, 29 September 2003, 8:51 am | National Union of Public Employees
The Canterbury District Health Board has been accused of betraying the people of Canterbury by Health Cuts Hurt Campaign spokeswomen Heather Carter. More >>
Health Cuts Hurts Campaign
Monday, 15 September 2003, 8:08 am | National Union of Public Employees
Christchurch based Health Cuts Hurt Campaign has accused the Canterbury District Health Board of running a consultation process on the proposed sale of the Queen Mary Hospital site in Hanmer that is nothing more than a sham. More >>
NUPE Not Wrong On Queen Mary Selloff
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 11:54 am | National Union of Public Employees
“The Canterbury District Health Board’s allegation that NUPE had its facts completely wrong on the proposed sale of the land at the former Queen Mary Hospital is itself wrong and shows a Board in full denial over our exposure of this part of its agenda ... More >>
Queen Mary Hospital Hanmer Selloff Opposed
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:35 am | National Union of Public Employees
“The Canterbury District Health Board’s proposal to sell off the land in Hanmer where Queen Mary Hospital is located is short sighted cost cutting and will be resisted by Health workers in Canterbury and families throughout New Zealand”, said Nadine ... More >>
Silent Protest At Cdhb Meeting Over Rrs
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 1:02 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE will be conducting a silent protest at tomorrow’s CDHB meeting over the Board’s refusal to allow a submission on the closing and contracting out of four halfway houses for about forty mentally ill patients,” said John Kerr, Organiser of the National ... More >>
Union Request For Speaking Rights To Cdhb Declined
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:46 am | National Union of Public Employees
“The Chair of the CDHB has declined to allow NUPE speaking rights to the 15 August Board meeting,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) today. More >>