New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions
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Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and pressing for more government investment in health and education

An estimated 100,000 nurses, teachers and public sector staff walked off the job in New Zealand on Thursday to call on the government to better fund and resource public services, in one of the country’s largest ever strikes.

The so-called “mega strike” brought together workers from multiple sectors, including more than 60,000 school teachers, 40,000 nurses and salaried medical specialists and 15,000 public service staff.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
    13·
    3 days ago

    I like the (tangentially related) bit where Simeon Brown is saying it’s unacceptable that Nelson Hospital’s generator failed.

    The minister of cutting funding to the health sector says it’s unacceptable. Maybe he will provide that boost to health funding that doctors and nurses are striking over?

    • stellargmite@lemmy.world
      12·
      3 days ago

      And the one who suddenly is concerned about ethics in regards to strikes . These Machiavellian creeps go from bad to worse with each day.