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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 >>
Success of Victorian patient ratios campaign
Tuesday, 17 September 2002, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Around 200 nurses will gather in Rotorua tomorrow (Wednesday September 18) for the annual conference of the country’s largest nursing organisation, NZNO. NZNO is both the professional and industrial organisation for nurses, representing 32,000 nationwide. More >>
Harré To Join NZNO As Organising Services Manager
Tuesday, 13 August 2002, 11:52 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Minister of Women’s Affairs, Minister of Youth Affairs and Associate Minister of Labour in the previous Labour-Alliance Coalition Government, Laila Harré, has been appointed organising services manager for the Nurses’ Organisation. More >>
Nurses Organisation election manifesto release
Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 11:58 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“We hope the experience and advice of our more than 32,000 members will be taken into account when the parties are preparing their election policies,” president Jane O’Malley said. “While much has been done to maintain the health sector, much remains ... More >>
Lower North Island Nurses Settle Agreement
Friday, 21 June 2002, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“68% of Nurses from the following Lower North Island 7 DHBs, Taranaki Healthcare, Hutt Valley Health, Capital & Coast Health, Wairarapa Health, Healthcare Hawkes Bay, Good Health Wanganui, and MidCentral Health have voted in favour of a multi-employer ... More >>
Nurses To Vote On Proposal
Monday, 27 May 2002, 10:28 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The creation of a multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) between seven district health boards in the lower North Island has moved a step closer with a proposal due to be considered by nurses at stop work meetings this week, concluding on June 12. More >>
Budget A Mixed Bag For Nurses
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 6:42 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Budget is a mixed bag for nurses and other health workers, according to NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals. More >>
Celebrating The Work Of Nurses
Friday, 10 May 2002, 9:31 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The theme for International Nurses Day (IND) this year is Nurses: Always there for you — Caring for Families. May 12 is the day the profession around the world marks its founder Florence Nightingale’s birthday. More >>
Superannuation Move Welcomed
Thursday, 2 May 2002, 11:32 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO welcomes Minister of Finance Michael Cullen’s support for a return to workplace based superannuation schemes for public sector workers. More >>
Mandatory Reporting Encourages Blame
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A culture of blame, as encouraged under the mandatory reporting procedures in the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Bill, will not create a culture of safety, according to NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals. More >>
Chaplaincy service deserves increased support
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 10:17 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The work of hospital chaplains is an integral part of our hospital system, benefiting patients, their relatives and hospital staff, and should be supported by Government, says the Nurses’ Organisation. More >>
Honouring Caregivers On International Women’s Day
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The working lives of thousands of New Zealand women caregivers will be honoured on International Women’s Day tomorrow (March 8). NZNO and the Service and Food Workers’ Union (SFWU) are using the day to acknowledge the enormous contribution of caregivers ... More >>
Nurses Organisation welcomes paid parental leave
Wednesday, 7 November 2001, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the introduction of 12 weeks' paid parental leave and believes it is long overdue. More >>
