Nurses Vote to Strike Over Pay and Staffing Issues w/ The New Zealand Nurses Organisation: May 17, 2021

30,000 members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation have voted to strike in response to the first District Health Board pay increase offer they received last month. The organization says the decision to strike is a last resort. 

A mediation is scheduled for the next few days, and the organisation is calling for a counter offer, that reflects a living wage.

Jessica Hopkins spoke to Geraldine Kirkwood, a Charge Nurse, and David Wait, from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation about staffing, pay and other issues for nurses.