CTU health sector unions and DHBs agree on settlement

14 September 2011

CTU-Affiliated health sector unions and DHBs agree on a proposed settlement

The Council of Trade Unions’ (CTU) affiliated unions in the health sector and the 20 nationwide DHBs have agreed to a proposed collective agreement settlement for the next two years.

The CTU-affiliated health sector unions have around 55,000 members, approximately 80% of the DHB workforce. The proposed settlement covers a range of employees who contribute to the delivery of public health services and covers 50 collective agreements.

The proposal is about to go to union members for ratification.

“If the proposed settlement is accepted, this would be an historic event given the size and complexity of the numbers covered, the diversity of the occupational groups and the cooperation shown by their representatives,” says the Unions’ Lead Advocate, Glenda Alexander.

“This would be great news for the health sector and provides the New Zealand public with an assurance that the largest part of our workforce would be stable and secure in their employment conditions for the next two years,” says DHBs’ spokesperson Graham Dyer.

“Patients will be very pleased to hear that.”

The proposed settlement includes monetary and non-monetary elements which address common issues across all 10 unions, such as pay and leave conditions, and union specific issues relevant to each union group.

The results of the union ratification meetings will be known by early October.

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