More job losses in the media, and our health system continuing to crumble, this time in Marlborough, feature in today’s Union News. There’s also an op-ed from Justine Sachs on why Opportunity is no friend to working people, and President Sandra Grey is interviewed by RNZ over the Greens’ plan to scrap the training wage.
Union coverage
- ASMS – ‘Patients may die’: Marlborough ED doctors plead for more staff | 1News
- ASMS – Blenheim doctors warn hospital ED is ‘on the brink’ of collapse | 1News (video on TVNZ+ – requires sign in)
- E tū – NZME plans job cuts across newsroom, product and development teams | NZ Herald (paywalled)
- MUNZ, RMTU – Hands off our ports: two-thirds of Kiwis back public ownership as maritime unions warn against asset sales | Waatea News
- NZCTU – Council of Trade Unions applauds Greens plan to scrap training wage – but want more | RNZ
- NZCTU – The Opportunity Party has a class problem | The Post (paywalled)
- NZNO – Nurses sound the alarm: Starship cancer delays and training caps expose growing health workforce crisis | Waatea News