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Nurses and Midwives To Attend Report Back Meetings

Monday, 1 September 2003, 12:11 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Nurses, midwives and health care assistants covered by the Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) which includes five South Island DHBs will now attend report back meetings, said Glenda Alexander, New Zealand Nurses Organisation advocate today. More >>

Nurses to Attend Mediation Report Back Meetings

Thursday, 28 August 2003, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Mediation between the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and Canterbury DHB over the Collective Agreement covering 2,500 nurses and midwives employed by the DHB has adjourned and NZNO members will now attend reportback meetings, said Nurses Organisation advocate ... More >>

Report: Better Nurses' Working Conditions Needed

Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

"The Nurses Organisation strongly backs the key conclusion of the Health Workforce Advisory Committee report released today," said Geoff Annals, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation CEO, following the release of the report. More >>

Nurses and Midwives In Mediation Tomorrow

Thursday, 21 August 2003, 12:28 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Negotiators of the Collective Agreement covering 2,500 nurses and midwives employed by Canterbury DHB will attend mediation in Christchurch tomorrow, 22 August, said New Zealand Nurses Organisation advocate Chris Wilson today. More >>

SI Nurses and Midwives Head To Mediation with DHBs

Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

After two days of talks, the negotiators of the Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) covering nurses, midwives and health care assistants in five South Island DHBs have agreed to seek mediation, said New Zealand Nurses Organisation advocate ... More >>

Senior Nurses Reject Unacceptable Pay offer

Thursday, 14 August 2003, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

"Senior Nurses in seven Lower North Island DHBs, have resoundingly rejected a proposal to settle a multi-employer collective employment agreement," New Zealand Nurses Organisation advocate Lyn Olsthoorn said today. More >>

Step In the Right Direction On Nurses Student Debt

Thursday, 14 August 2003, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The Nurses Organisation has welcomed a government announcement of scholarships for students intending to work in the health workforce. More >>

Senior Nurses’ To Consider Pay Offer

Friday, 1 August 2003, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Senior nurses in the lower North Island are to attend meetings over the next fortnight to consider their employer’s latest pay offer, said the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation today. More >>

Canterbury Nurses/Midwives Negotiations Adjourned

Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Negotiations for nurses and midwives employed by the Canterbury DHB have adjourned after a further day of talks. More >>

It’s Official – NZers Think Nurses Are Underpaid

Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:45 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

A poll released today by the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation shows an overwhelming majority of New Zealanders think nurses are underpaid. More >>

Important Step Towards Protecting Health Workers

Monday, 28 July 2003, 8:29 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

"The outcome of the government's inquiry into the effect of dangerous chemicals on workers is an important step to addressing the issues for health workers," said Geoff Annals, chief executive of the Nurses Organisation today. More >>

Performance Payment Tops Nurses' Annual Salary

Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 11:44 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The Nurses Organisation has slammed performance payments for Canterbury DHB management exceeding a nurses' annual salary. More >>

Negotiations Continue For South Island Nurses

Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Negotiations for nurses and midwives employed by the Canterbury DHB adjourned yesterday after a day of talks. More >>

Solving Emergency Department Nursing Shortages

Monday, 14 July 2003, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

"Reports that Wellington's Emergency Department will increase nursing numbers raises issues about our nationwide nursing shortages," said Geoff Annals, New Zealand Nurses' Organisation CEO today. More >>

Flu Factor Stretches Nurses To The Limit

Thursday, 3 July 2003, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

“Nursing staff levels are stretched to the limit as the flu factor and other winter ills hit hospitals around the country,” said the Nurses Organisation’s Organising Services Manager Laila Harré today. More >>

Negotiations Underway For Southern Nurses

Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Negotiations are underway to renew the South Island Nurses and Midwives Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) for nurses, midwives and health care assistants working in five DHBs across the South Island. The NZ Nurses Organisation and DHB employers ... More >>

MECA negotiations and possibility of action

Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

NZNO has responded to accusations that it is "hell bent on strike action" by inviting DHB employers to come back to the negotiating table to revise their last offer. More >>

Nurses fighting AIDS stigma

Friday, 9 May 2003, 12:20 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Stigma and discrimination are HIV/AIDS’ best friends, says HIV nurse specialist at Capital and Coast District Health Board Suzanne Miller. “While people continue to think only those in marginalised and criminalised sectors of society risk catching ... More >>

Pay equity within a decade

Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 10:45 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) believes the Government already has the instruments needed to close the gender pay gap for women working in the health sector, and that equal pay should be able to be achieved in both public and private sectors ... More >>

Unions demand a fair share for aged care

Monday, 30 September 2002, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Quality care for older people and a fair deal for those who work in aged care are the demands being made by the Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) and the Service and Food Workers’ Union (SFWU) on the International Day of the Older Person tomorrow. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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