CTU urges district health boards to settle

In exercising their legal right to strike PSA mental health workers have the full support of the NZ Council of Trade Unions, said CTU president, Ross Wilson."Their work environment is extremely stressful, recruitment is difficult and their pay should reflect this."

"They and the district health boards have made a great deal of progress in difficult and complex negotiations and there are few outstanding issues," Ross Wilson said.

"We prescribe a 'dose of realism' for the boards and urge them to get back to mediation and settle this dispute in a way that will promote mutual trust and ongoing good will."