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DHB Admin workers present Heart of the Hospital petition

DHB Admin workers present Heart of the Hospital petition to Parliament

A 12,800 strong petition in support of equal pay for DHB Administration workers was received at Parliament today.

Labour MP Jan Tinetti accepted the petitions which were tabled in Parliament this afternoon.

Pictured in the room where petitions are tabled are: Jacky Maaka, Debs Williams, Labour MP Jan Tinetti, a Parliamentary staffer, Jennifer Rankin, Jamie Hewitson-Townley, PSA organiser Jo Taylor, Bronni Mercier and PSA president Janet Quigley - with Nancy McShane in the centre.

The petitions were delivered by PSA members, advocates and bargaining team members from across New Zealand. It calls for the gender pay gap to be closed and for pay increases that recognise the skill and expertise of DHB Admin workers alongside the historical undervaluation of that skill and expertise.

This marks another milestone in an ongoing equal pay campaign for DHB Administration workers, which has seen the PSA raise an equal pay claim on behalf of 7000 members in April last year on Administrators Appreciation Day.

photos of members
holding up petition forms, with a message about the
importance of DHB admin
staff

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