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CTU supports better valuing District Health Board nurses
Council of Trade Unions supports better valuing District Health Board nurses
The Council of Trade Unions
President Richard Wagstaff said today that he was standing
beside members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO)
who had returned a ‘no’ vote on their latest collective
agreement offer. Mr Wagstaff said that it was in
everyone’s interests, including the District Health Boards
(DHBs) that these negotiations concluded with a fair outcome
as swiftly as possible, and he would do whatever he could to
help facilitate that.
"We all know that our health services and the people that run them have been stretched to breaking point after nine long years of chronic under-funding," he said. "The return of this vote shows the level of unmet need that’s out there for the nurses, midwives and care assistants who have been covering the gap."
"They’re understandably very frustrated, but we have an opportunity now for NZNO, the DHB employers and the Government to work together to find a more sustainable balance in the way we value our nursing services and staff."
"Nine years of running on a care budget of goodwill from health staff has taken its toll. I personally think working people highly value the skilled work that the nursing team does, and if asked would want to know our nurses are being taken care of."
"The pressure is on now
to urgently address the barriers to a settlement of the NZNO
DHB collective employment agreement which demonstrates the
value and respect nurses
deserve."
ENDS
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
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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