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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 >>
Pay Parity For Primary Health Petition
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:43 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Temperatures are rising in the primary health care nursing workforce, as the pay gap widens between them and their counterparts in public hospitals. More >>
Where Will Extra Nurses Come From To Stop Gaps?
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:42 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation agrees with the Minister of Health that nurses will play an increasing role in GP surgeries but questions where those nurses will come unless their pay issues are addressed. More >>
Guardian Healthcare Refuses to Share Profits
Monday, 5 December 2005, 9:58 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Over 500 staff employed by Guardian Healthcare Limited are considering industrial action leading up to Christmas after their wealthy corporate employer refused to budge from a 1% pay offer. More >>
Another Major Milestone In NZNO Fair Pay Campaign
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 10:54 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Over eighty percent of senior nurses, midwives and community nurses employed by district health boards have endorsed the outcome of a national job scoping exercise which brings them onto a unified pay scale for the first time in over a decade. More >>
Wellington Nurses Celebrate Proud History
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Wellington branch of the New Zealand nurses organisation is 100 years old this month and local nurses will mark the event with a celebration this evening. More >>
DHB funding offer
Monday, 7 November 2005, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“The announcement of a new DHB funding offer to aged care employers for 2005-2006 means employers must return to negotiations with their staff and agree to pay rises,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation industrial services manager Cee Payne-Harker ... More >>
Tribute To Mighty Supporter of Workers’ Rights
Monday, 7 November 2005, 11:16 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The CEO of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Geoff Annals, has paid tribute today to Rod Donald and extended condolences to Rod’s family and his Green Party colleagues on behalf of NZNO. More >>
Remember Commitments To Caregivers
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 11:13 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is cautioning government to ensure that money committed to fair pay rates in the aged care sector is not spent on the highest paid state sector officials and MPs' salaries. More >>
Aged Care Employers Using Govt Funding as Excuse
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 11:30 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Presbyterian Support has joined the list of aged care providers using government underfunding as an excuse to pay rates that don’t recognise the value of their workforce says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. More >>
Southern Presbyterian Support Strike Action
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
19 October 2005 Strike Action In Southern Presbyterian Support Aged Care To Go Ahead Strike action will go ahead tomorrow in hospitals and rest homes across Southland, Otago and South Canterbury. 380 members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and ... More >>
NZNO Looks Forward To Working For Fair Pay
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
19 October 2005 Nurses Organisation Looks Forward To Working With Health Minister For Fair Pay in Aged Care and Primary Health The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is looking forward to working with new Health Minister Pete Hodgson to address priority ... More >>
Sthn Strike Action Planned In Presbyterian Support
Monday, 17 October 2005, 9:58 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union employed by Presbyterian Support in the South Island have voted to strike after PSS rejected a union settlement deal. More >>
