The deterioration of our health system features again in today’s Union News with an article summing up demand for hospitals across the motu. Stuff do an in-depth analysis on the employment situation in Northland.
Union coverage
- AUWNZ – Golden Bay Cement cannot force shift workers to work shutdown overtime | Stuff
- CTU – Heavy hitters vie for the left-leaning vote in Wellington Bays | Newsroom
- CTU – One mortgage doesn’t end a cost-of-living crisis – NZCTU | The Daily Blog
- NZNO – ‘Working in a war zone’: The hospital wards crying out to Health NZ for more nurses | The Post (paywalled)
- NZNO – NZNO: Waiuku can’t wait | Franklin Times
- PSA – Drug Testing Crackdown: PSA Slams National’s Jobseeker Plan as Unworkable | Waatea News
- PSA Drug Test Showdown: Labour and Greens Slam National’s Welfare Crackdown | Waatea News
- Workers First – Auckland bin collectors dumped, offered chance to buy their own rubbish trucks | RNZ
Employment
- In Northland, jobs and addiction are the big issues for a region at a crossroads | Stuff
- Aged-care provider ordered to pay $51k to migrant nurses used as volunteers | Stuff
- Carpenter awarded $20,000 after redundancy score penalised ACC leave | Stuff
- Election 2026: Labour’s living wage plan for public service workers could fuel inflation, economist warns | NZ Herald (paywalled)
- Media Insider: TVNZ’s top earners | NZ Herald (paywalled)