A new settlement has been ratified that will see pay gains for around 9000 allied, public health and technical workers
represented by the Public Service Association (PSA) in the DHB sector.
"The overwhelming support received across the country for the new Multi Employer Collective Agreements (MECA) has been
heartening," said Kerry Davies, PSA national secretary.
"This has been a huge ratification process given the settlement covers members working in more than 100 occupational
groups across all 20 DHBs - all of whom deliver vital public services day in and day out to keep the health system
running.
The settlement includes minimum pay rises of 9% to 16% by August 2020 for a majority of PSA members, with some lower
paid members receiving increases of up to 20% by 2019.
"Reaching this point of ensuring these workers receive fair pay is a testament to a preceding year of solid bargaining
and the additional funding agreed by Government in September," said Kerry Davies.
"Now that a settlement was also reached this year in the DHB sector for more than 3000 PSA members who work as mental
health and public health nurses, our next big point of focus is shifting to the pay equity claim raised for underpaid
DHB administrative and clerical workers."
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