nursing strike – The Spinoff

Women are sick of being fobbed off. Pay us what we deserve.

31 October 201831 October 2018 by Lucy Kelly

I love my job, writes midwife Lucy Kelly. But love can’t make up for a wage I can barely survive on. On Wednesday the 19th of September we celebrated 125 years of women’s suffrage in Aotearoa. I found it hard to celebrate. It feels like we’re riding on the wake of a landmark success of … Read more

What will happen tomorrow when the nurses strike?

11 July 2018 by Anna Bracewell-Worrall

Nurses have rejected a last-minute DHB offer and tomorrow will go on strike. Here’s what to expect. This story was first published on Newshub. The nurses’ strike on Thursday will have the largest, most immediate effect on New Zealand’s hospitals, where nurses make up 60 to 70 percent of the frontline staff. This is all … Read more