27 All the way for equal pay 25 June 2013: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased to support the case that could change the face of aged care, being taken by the Service and Food Workers Union: Ngā Ringa Tota this week. Last year caregiver and SFWU member, Kristine Bartlett agreed to be the ‘test case’ for... [Read the rest of this article...] Posted in: NZNO News, Aged Care
6 Employment changes are bad medicine for New Zealanders 6 June 2013: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that a Bill that will remove important pay and condition protections for working New Zealanders passed its first reading last night. Nurse and NZNO delegate Grant Brookes says, “The changes proposed in this Bill are bad... [Read the rest of this article...] Posted in: NZNO News, Public Health
4 NZNO supports nurses in low-decile schools 2 June 2013: NZNO strongly endorses the Green Party’s $30 million plan, announced in Christchurch today, to put a nurse in every low decile school in the country, as part of its strategy to eliminate child poverty. “There is abundant evidence that children’s health improves, if they can get... [Read the rest of this article...] Posted in: NZNO News, Public Health