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Nurses union reveals shortage of PPE amid outbreak
Those working on the frontline are the most exposed and least protected, union warns.
Those working on the frontline are the most exposed and least protected, union warns.
Pay equity deal for nurses expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Midwives and nurses gear up to walk off the job on Thursday.
Midwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today.
Strikes planned for August and September will go ahead.
"Their safety at work and the safety of their patients is a priority" says NZNO.
Editorial: Our over-reliance on short-term, high-turnover immigration has been exposed.
She says nurses are right to be outraged they aren't being paid enough to stay in NZ.
The vote count was high and members are resolute, nurses' advocate says.
Nurse put her young patients at risk by lying about the care she gave to them.
Nurses have walked off the job around the country in demand of better pay and conditions.
About 30,000 nurses across the country have started strike action today for eight hours.
'Conditions' and 'pay' cited as reasons for today's industrial action.
Non-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics cancelled as nurses walk off the job.
Union organiser: Staff are at breaking point and constantly worried about patient safety.
People joining the profession 'aren't staying' due to workload and shift work, says nurse.
If the deal is not agreed, nurses will strike nationwide on Wednesday.
About 30,000 members of the Nurses Organisation are set to stop work on June 9.
'No young person would look at the offer and think, yes, this is the job for me.';
Opinion: With inflation at 1.4 per cent, the offer actually amounts to a pay cut.
The nurse said she was one of those who were leaving due to overworking.
Primary healthcare staff strike in Gate Pa. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
PPE gear in MIQ NZ is sub-par, according to an medical expert from Britain.
Who are they? They include our first African, Latin American and Sri Lankan MPs.
Primary health nurses are still being paid 10 percent less than DHB nurses.
The one-day strike is set for Thursday September 3.
More than 100 nurses are known to be working in managed isolation and quarantine hotels.
Nurses treating patients in ED have also been working at managed quarantine hotels.
Emails obtained by the Herald detail serious concerns from a nurses union about safety.
Damp and unchanged personal PPE likely to blame for three workers getting Covid-19.