Our two monthly forum where Peter Campbell, his managers and the unions (organisers only this time) meet at Birmingham Drive was held on Wednesday. Matters discussed included: Thank you from management to staff for your commitment over recent weeks. A gift basket was sent to each house after the earthquake and this had been appreciated by staff. Earthquake leave has been approved on application so it is important members communicate with managers about any difficulties [ Read More ]
Archive for March, 2011
NUPE organisers attended an extraordinary briefing last week about how the CDHB was reacting to the earthquake. Key points from CEO David Meates included – a job guarantee for the entire health workforce (CDHB and NGOs) despite the loss of clients or patients; the bringing forward the 2020 plan to 2011 (relating to facilities and provision) but with an inability to consult on key decisions that must be made (some before winter starts in a month or so); CDHB [ Read More ]
NUPE members who work at Richmond NZ, Brackenridge, IDSS in Nelson and other NGOs should be aware of IHC’s sleepover appeal on 16 March to the Supreme Court. IHC have appealed on behalf of the Government against a February Court of Appeal decision that states disability support workers should be paid the minimum wage for working sleepovers. The minimum wage moves to $13 an hour from $12.75 on 1 April. NUPE will be seeking agreement from affected workers to [ Read More ]
• All the Organisers are now working from their new offices. • Office telephones are not setup yet but all organisers can be reached on their cell phones and by email : martin@nupe.org.nz Janice@nupe.org.nz Les@nupe.org.nz Lynda@nupe.org.nz Nadine@nupe.org.nz • The fax machine is still not accessible so if you sent a fax in the last 4 weeks please resend it by post to: NUPE, PO Box 13032, Armagh, Christchurch or scan and email to officeadmin@nupe.org.nz • [ Read More ]
MAF VA Proposal for Set Base Salary Model and Performance Enhancement Programme Prior to the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake Nadine Thurlow (Senior Organiser) and Martin Cooney (Secretary) had been providing feedback on the various draft proposals relating to the MAF Verification Agency Set Base Salary Model and the related Performance Enhancement Programme (PEP). Members have also been engaged in this process through a series of meetings and feedback loops. The Project Team for the Set [ Read More ]
15 March – 2pm CDHB Briefing on post earthquake future. NB Executive Meeting has been postponed – date TBA. See report coming soon
MFish Forum – On Wednesday 23rd March NUPE and Mfish representatives will meet in Wellington to discuss issues that members have. Members are asked to bring ”sensible” issues forward to the forum for discussion. Email issues to les@nupe.org.nz Health and safety issues will be on the agenda. Admin Support staff pay rates and the application of the 9 Hr Rule are two other matters that have been raised so far. Fish to merge with MAF 1 February 2012 – check out the [ Read More ]
CDHB – There will be a briefing for unions from CDHB at 2pm on Tuesday 15th March. Any questions please notify martin@nupe.org.nz Issues we are already aware of include the Health and Safety meeting chaired by Aynsley Ridder last week for Specialist Mental Health Service. There have been ongoing management issues in the Christchurch Hospital Clinical Records Department identified in the Jane Smith report a year ago. Given the key role the Department had to play [ Read More ]
IRD members at home because Cashel St building is inside the cordon: A delegates meeting is planned on Wednesday 16 March. Eleanor Young, GMHR is to brief delegates in the afternoon to update on the recovery process. From 14 March to 5 April members will be paid as normal - the six week relief given by John Key to all Christchurch businesses affected. IRD are looking for a gradual return to work over this period. Some staff will work from [ Read More ]
Sleepovers – like all groups, NUPE is waiting for the decision about whether the appeal to Supreme Court by employers is going ahead. The Court of Appeal’s decision reinforced that sleepovers were work and needed to be paid the minimum wage, and rejected averaging. Ch Ch EQ has disrupted our plan to contact members and get agreement to represent them in any “negotiations” about outcomes from the case. Other …because of her personal circumstances as [ Read More ]