Summerset Avonhead & Cavendish Staff Picket Over Proposed Cuts

Staff at Summerset Avonford and Summerset Cavendish in Chrischurch will picket outside their respective aged residential care homes over fewer staff being rostered on the weekends.

About 30 union members of Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO and E tū will walk off the job from 2.30pm-3.30pm today (20 April) and tomorrow (21 April).

Seventeen Summerset Care homes also recently cut shifts and reduced staffing numbers.

If the proposed cuts go ahead, many caregivers will lose working hours and face significant changes to their shift patterns. These changes create serious challenges, particularly for those with family and childcare responsibilities, making it difficult for them to continue working at Summerset.

These roster changes not only impact staff wellbeing but also risk compromising the quality and consistency of care provided to residents if experienced caregivers and nurses are forced to reduce their hours.

Today: 

When: 2.30pm-3.30pm, Monday 20 April

Where: Summerset at Avonhead Retirement Village

120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch

Tomorrow: 

When: 2.30pm-3.30pm, Tuesday 21 April

Where: Summerset on Cavendish

147 Cavendish Road, Casebrook, Christchurch

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