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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 >>
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 >>
