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MARK TAYLOR / Stuff
Nurses and reception / administration staff at family doctors and accident and medical centers went on strike in September, demanding the same remuneration from their DHB colleagues.
Up to 3,200 GPs and administrative staff at 500 clinics and accident / medical centers will go on strike for 24 hours on Monday, with demonstrations scheduled across the country.
The strike notice was issued by the New Zealand Nurses Organization (NZNO), the nurses union, late last month, with another 24-hour strike scheduled for November 23.
NZNO said primary health care staff voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of the strikes, which the union said is a “clear indication of their frustration, anger and disappointment” and “how tired they are of constantly being. undervalued “after 10 months of” unsuccessful “trading.
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The strike follows two national rounds of work stoppage meetings and a one-day strike on September 3.
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Rallies are scheduled to take place across the country on Monday, from Whangārei to Dunedin.
In Wellington, nurses and staff members would address the Ministry of Health.
When the strike notice was issued in October, NZNO industry adviser Chris Wilson said that despite assurances from the Ministry of Health, DHBs and employers that there would be a wage parity commitment with staff employed in the DHB in September, there had been no tangible progress in allowing a return to the negotiating table.
He said it was “unfathomable” that a strike was required, significantly disrupting services in the community, when all staff want to be paid the same.
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NZNO previously told Stuff DHB that nurses earn 10% more on average than primary care nurses.
Wilson previously said Things DHB nurses earn 10.6% more ($ 7651 per year) than their primary health care peers, but both groups have the same qualifications, experience, and risk levels.
Some members of the PCP management staff were not earning a living wage: $ 22.20.
“It is very disappointing that we have to take this step,” he said in a statement.
Wilson said funders and the government must act urgently to “properly value” its primary health care workforce and stop the recruitment and retention problems that “plague” the sector.
Wilson said members were not asking for more than what is simply “equal pay for work of equal value.”
The District Health Boards and the Health Ministry were contacted for comment Sunday.
