Today’s Union News includes more on our crumbling health system and extensive coverage of the firefighters’ petition handover. 1News had a great piece on the handover last night (23 September) but they’ve not published it online – if you want to see it head to TVNZ+.
Union coverage
- NZNO – Understaffed surgical wards linked to 182 preventable hospital deaths each year | The Press (paywalled)
- NZNO – ‘The new norm’: Christchurch Hospital’s ED treating more patients in corridors | Newstalk ZB
- NZNO – Middlemore Hospital staff declare healthcare ‘crisis’ | RNZ
- NZPFU – Firefighters hand over petition at Parliament calling for better resourcing
- NZPFU – ‘The worst I’ve ever seen it’ – firefighters’ union demands inquiry into FENZ management | RNZ
- NZPFU – Firefighters union calls for inquiry into management of FENZ | Checkpoint RNZ
- NZPFU – Training for firefighting crews on real fires halted last year | RNZ
- PPTA – Senior official appearing to try hide information being taken ‘very seriously’ | RNZ
- PPTA – Senior official appearing to try hide information being taken ‘very seriously’ | RNZ
- PSA – Police withdrawal from mental health jobs dangerous for workers and patients – PSA | RNZ
Employment
- Employment confidence gains ground, but most still say jobs are hard to find | RNZ
- Fonterra to invest $1 billion in South Island, creating up to 60 jobs | The Press (paywalled)
- Up to 60 jobs set to be cut from software firm Foster Moore after ministerial veto of $50m Companies Office project | NZ Herald (paywalled)