Plunket staff ratify collective agreement.Plunket staff throughout the country have voted in favour of a collective agreement that delivers pay parity for Plunket nurses and moves other staff significantly closer to the goal. NZNO NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation advocate Chris Wilson said members had voted at meetings held over a five-week period, ending just before Christmas. Staff had "very clearly" ratified the agreement. The agreement means Plunker plunk also plonk v. plunked also plonked, plunk·ing also plonk·ing, plunks also plonks v.tr. 1. nurses will, over the term of the agreement, achieve pay parity with nurses covered by the NZNO/District Health Board Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA MECA Maine College of Art MECA Middle East Children's Alliance MECA Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (Washington, DC) MECA Marriage Equality California MECA Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment ). The pay rates of other staff, notably kaiawhina, community Karitane nurses, health workers and registered nurses, have moved significantly towards pay parity. Wilson said the agreement built on the significant gains made in 2005 and NZNO would continue to pursue and/or maintain pay parity as its ongoing strategy. NZNO's team was Wilson, NZNO organiser Huia The Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris, was a species of New Zealand Wattlebird endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It became extinct in the early 20th century, primarily as a result of overhunting and widespread habitat destruction. Welton, Pahiatua Plunket nurse Luenda Rogers, Plunketline nurse Jo Macrae, Wellington Karitane nurse Mary Peryer, Auckland support team coordinator Wendy Batty, Auckland Plunket nurse Margaret Wong and Auckland kaiawhina, Elizabeth Howard Elizabeth Howard (c. 1480 - c. 1538) was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and was a lady-in-waiting to the both the Queens, Elizabeth of York and Catherine of Aragon. Marriage and Children Elizabeth Howard was married to Thomas Boleyn c. . |
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