New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 25]
International Nurses Day - May 12
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Safe staffing saves lives. Nurses all over the world believe this and that is one of the reasons why the International Council of Nurses has chosen this as the theme for tomorrow’s International Nurses Day,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation professional ... More >>
International Midwives Day - May 5
Friday, 5 May 2006, 11:10 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
4 May 2006 Nurses Organisation Salutes Dedication and Professionalism of Midwives International Midwives Day - May 5 “The New Zealand Nurses Organisation will join midwifery and nursing organisations and parents and families around the world tomorrow ... More >>
Nurses Organisation Backs PlunketLine Petition
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is offering strong support to PlunketLine and is inviting members to sign the national petition calling on government to properly fund it,” said NZNO spokeswoman Cee Payne-Harker today. More >>
Affirmation of Health System Welcomed
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 10:18 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Health Minister Pete Hodgson's address on the health system today shows a sound and confident understanding of the health system," said New Zealand Nurses Organisation CEO Geoff Annals. More >>
Primary Health Workforce Seeing Red Over Pay Gap
Monday, 1 May 2006, 9:45 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses, community health workers and others in the primary healthcare workforce are Seeing Red today (May 1) over the pay gap between them and their counterparts in public hospitals. More >>
Minimum Wage Won’t Fix Low Pay IN Aged Care
Monday, 27 March 2006, 11:39 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“While any increase to the minimum wage is good, today’s increase won’t fix the huge recruitment and retention problems in residential aged care, or deliver the aged care workforce fair pay,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation CEO Geoff Annals ... More >>
Paid parental leave should be for foster parents
Friday, 17 March 2006, 6:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Paid parental leave should not only be extended to self-employed people; it should also include foster parents who become long-term carers of children under 12 months and parents involved in whaangai adoptions. More >>
Plunket Settlement Leads The Way For Pay Parity
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Plunket staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13 percent pay settlement, bringing Plunket nurses in line with the “fair pay” settlement in public hospitals. More >>
Auckland DHB Chair's Claim 'Outrageous'
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 12:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Auckland District Health Board (DHB) chair, Wayne Brown's claim that experienced nurses and doctors may be replaced by less experienced staff is outrageous, discriminatory and shows a lack of understanding of current pay scales, according to NZNO's industrial ... More >>
Fairly Paid, Adequate Nursing Workforce Vital
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Any public sector review of expenditure which includes the health sector must acknowledge the need for a fairly paid and adequately staffed nursing workforce,” said the New Zealand Nurses Organisation chief executive Geoff Annals today. More >>
Nursing Recruitment Crisis Looms in Primary Health
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 8:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Results of a new survey of primary health nursing staff, conducted by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, signal a looming recruitment crisis in the sector, unless the pay gap is closed between them and their counterparts in public hospitals (DHBs). More >>
Flexible Hours Essential for Caring Round Clock
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Initiatives like the Flexible Working Hours Bill are vital to attracting women workers into the health workforce,” New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson Rob Haultain told the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee today. More >>
Plunket Moves Towards Pay Parity
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Plunket staff throughout the country are voting on a pay offer bringing Plunket pay rates for nurses and community health workers in line with the district health board (DHB) multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) July 2005 rates. More >>
Corporate Grip Tightens On Aged Care
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Corporate ownership is set to increase in aged care with the conditional purchase of Presbyterian Support’s six East Coast rest homes by Qualcare. More >>
NZNO Backs Call To Make Poverty Pay Rates History
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is supporting the SupersizeMyPay campaign call for an immediate increase to the minimum wage to make poverty wages history in New Zealand. More >>
Wage Increase Puts Pressure On Aged Care Scrooges
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Today’s increase in the minimum wage to $10.25 an hour is good news for caregivers currently receiving as little as $9.50,” says New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson Jane Kostanich. More >>
Massive MECA Negotiations
Monday, 19 December 2005, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation begins negotiations tomorrow with hundreds of primary health employers in what could be the largest MECA (multi-employer collective agreement) in the country. More >>
Massive MECA Negotiations
Monday, 19 December 2005, 12:50 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation begins negotiations tomorrow with hundreds of primary health employers in what could be the largest MECA (multi-employer collective agreement) in the country. More >>
“Value Our Work” Says Nursing Workforce
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 12:33 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation members will send a message to the politicians today at 1pm when they deliver a petition at Parliament signed by over 18,000 New Zealanders calling for pay parity for primary health nursing staff with their counterparts in ... More >>
Pre-Christmas Strike In Aged Care
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union are disappointed mediation with Leslie Groves Hospital and Lesley Groves Rest Home in Dunedin has failed to avert a planned 24 hour strike on December 21. More >>