Strikes
DHBs under 'significant pressure' during doctors' strike, planner says
It will take months to catch up on the thousands of surgeries and appointments cancelled due to a five day junior doctors' strike that started today. Lisa Owen interviews the district health boards'… Video, Audio
Striking doctors demand David Clark intervene
Striking junior doctors are demanding that the Health Minister step in and sort out their deep employment row. Resident doctors began a five-day strike today, which district health boards say will… Video, Audio
Strike! Why industrial action is up under Labour
After last year's stream of strike action, political reporter Gia Garrick explores what this means for the relationship between Labour and the unions and asks will it damage or strengthen this… Audio
Union membership hits 30-year high
After a year of industrial disputes, the PSA has seen its membership hit a 30-year high.
Holiday plans of thousands up in air as airline strike looms
Air New Zealand is bracing itself for the possibility of further strikes, on top of one planned for the busiest travel day of the year. The holiday plans of tens of thousands of people are up in the… Audio
Secondary school teachers to strike
Secondary teachers across the country have voted to strike next year. As Emma Hatton reports, many describe the latest offer as an absolute joke. Video, Audio
Midwives begin rolling strike action, demanding better recognition
Hospital midwives have started the first of nationwide rolling stoppages, taking to the streets in Waikato to demand better recognition for their vital role. Video, Audio
Primary teachers finish week of strikes
Primary school teachers have wrapped up a week of rolling one-day strikes with a call to arms. The Educational Institute held the last of the strikes in the Wellington region today. Our education… Audio
Court strikes putting people in danger – lawyer
A Christchurch defence lawyer whose client was rushed by gang associates during a court appearance this morning, believes industrial action by court staff is putting people in danger. Lisa Owen… Video, Audio
Canterbury teachers on strike
Primary and intermediate teachers marching in Christchurch echoed the message of their colleagues further north - they also want pay increases and improved working conditions. But they say that their… Video, Audio
Primary teachers strike
Primary teachers have begun rolling strikes today, starting in Auckland and moving across the country this week. The Employment Relations Authority has called the pay demand unrealistic. Audio
Chris Hipkins to teachers: 'There is no more money'
Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he's disappointed primary school teachers have confirmed they will strike next week. He says the Ministry of Education increased its pay offer yesterday - and… Video, Audio
Teachers' strike could escalate
Nearly 30,000 primary and intermediate teachers have been out on the streets today striking for a better deal from The Ministry of Education. There have been rallies in all the major cities around the… Audio
Parents take day off for teachers strike
For the first time in 24 years, parents around the country are figuring out what to do with several hundred-thousand primary and intermediate school children who have no school tomorrow because of a… Audio
Teachers strike tomorrow
Tomorrow 29,000 primary and intermediate school taachers will go on strike over pay. It's expected to affect more than 400,000 children. Audio
Nurses settle with DHBs, but vow the fight isn't over yet
Nurses have endorsed the fifth pay offer from DHBs, which includes pay rises of between 12.5 and 16 percent, and strengthens commitments to safe staffing levels. But not everyone is seeing it as a… Video, Audio
Health Minister introduces Accord to improve nurses’ safe staffing levels
Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio
NZNO encourages nurses to accept DHBs latest offer
The Nurses Organisation is urging members to accept the latest offer from DHBs, describing it as "outstandingly good". But it's unclear whether nurses will toe the line, given signs of ongoing anger… Audio
Nurses hold out hope for a better pay offer
Nurses have gone against the wishes of their union negotiators and voted to strike on Thursday for the first time in nearly 30 years. Rowan Quinn spoke to three nurses about the way they voted. Audio
Nurses reject pay offer, vote to strike
Nurses have voted to strike after rejecting the latest pay offer from DHBs. The boards and nurses' union are meeting in a last-ditch attempt to avert the nationwide strike. Video, Audio