Unions Otago Adds Voice To Campaign Against Cuts To New Dunedin Hospital
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 10:32 am Press Release: Unions Otago
Local union members are backing the campaign against cuts
to the new Dunedin hospital.
Unions Otago convenor
Andrew Tait says many union members in Dunedin and Otago are
health workers.
He says there are major concerns about
the effects of proposed major cuts to the new hospital
project and effects on future services.
“This is an
important campaign to send a message to the Government and
all politicians that we value our public health system and
believe it is a priority.”
Mr Tait says the most
vulnerable people in our community will be put at risk from
any cuts.
He says Unions support appropriate taxation
to pay for important public services and
infrastructure.
Unions Otago is the local affiliates
council of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae
Kaimahi for the Otago region.
The New Zealand Council
of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over
320,000 New Zealand union members in 27 affiliated
unions.
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