District Health Boards Must Stop Public Posturing and Get
Back to Talks
Council of Trade Unions president Ross
Wilson today called on district health boards to stop public
posturing and return to negotiations with the New Zealand
Nurses Organisation.
“The CTU is surprised and
disappointed that DHB employers unilaterally terminated
negotiations yesterday as part of some pre-determined media
campaign,” Ross Wilson said.
There were clear signs that
the district health boards had a professionally prepared
media package ready to go even before they entered the
negotiations yesterday, he said.
“This was a provocative
move and can do nothing but increase tensions in a difficult
negotiation.
“All New Zealanders support a fair pay
settlement for nurses and that is only going to be achieved
in the negotiation room,” Ross Wilson said. “Nothing will be
gained by trading claims through the media.”
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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