Monday, 31 August 2015, 3:28 pm Press Release: NZNO
Caregivers and nurses support midwives
Momentum is
building in New Zealand to address gender pay inequality
says New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) caregivers,
nurses and midwives.
NZNO industrial services manager, Cee
Payne says, “NZNO is committed to women's work being
based on the real value of the work taking into account the
skills, training and experience on the job. We believe the
New Zealand College of Midwives claim for pay parity, filed
in the High Court today, will be successful. It’s time the
gender pay gap was closed. ”
“Equal pay is an
issue for all women workers from caregivers, to lawyers, to
midwives and every female-dominated occupation in between.
To close the pay gap in the health sector it must be funded
properly. The current and deliberate underfunding of health
shows itself in the shrinking pay packets of community
midwives.”
The College filed papers under the Bill
of Rights claims Lead Maternity Carers who work in the
community are paid less because they are women.
“We wish our midwife colleagues all the best with
their claim. We’ll stand with them all the way”, Payne
says.
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