A large update on Union News today, with more on our crumbling health system with APEX, ASMS, and NZNO all having some media pick-up. Job losses continue at Archives NZ, National Library, and Woolworths, as well as strike action by the TEU, NZNO, and E Tū workers at TVNZ.
Union coverage
- APEX – Health NZ managers take unprecedented industrial action as pay dispute exposes growing pressure on health system | Waatea News
- ASMS – Senior doctors urge parties to address specialist shortages | RNZ
- E tū – TVNZ journalists, news workers to strike for the first time in 20 years | NZ Herald (paywalled)
- NZNO – Nurses and staff at private hospital to strike over cost of living | Stuff
- NZNO – Staff at Tauranga’s Grace Hospital to strike for 4 hours due to rising living costs | Bay of Plenty Times
- NZNO Union claims staff departures nearly 80% higher than Health NZ figure | Gisborne Herald (paywalled)
- NZNO – ‘That’s a lie’: We fact-check the fiercest claims from the Stuff Leaders’ Debate | Stuff
- NZNO – Gisborne Hospital ED nurses to hold two-week ‘uniform strike’ over staffing – NZ Herald
- PSA – Rates capping will lead to multibillion-dollar shortfall – report | The Press (paywalled)
- PSA – Jobs cuts confirmed for Archives NZ and National Library | RNZ
- PSA – University and polytech staff out on strike over ‘pay cut’ | 1News (includes video)
- TEU – Thousands of tertiary education staff are striking over pay | RNZ
- TEU – Thousands of tertiary staff across New Zealand to strike over pay and job security | The Press (paywalled)
- Workers First – Woolworths cuts South Island in-store butchers, union claims 80 jobs lost | Stuff
- Workers First – Woolworths removes all in-store butchers from its South Island supermarkets | NZ Herald