Earlier this week Kiwi nurses were striking after rejecting a 1% pay offer.  President of the Nurses Union Anne Daniels explains that what they are fighting for is more about safe staffing levels than simply a pay rise.  

Tash McGill questions whether strikes, unions and collective bargaining is still an effective way of establishing what is fair.  

And Dr Bryce Edwards looks at the stark contrast between the nurses' 1% offer, and the 80% salary increase which  is on the table for plumb positions on government boards.  

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