The Frontline with Dr Gary Payinda

Simeon Does it Again, Attacking Nurses on Social Media


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The Frontline talks with Odie Matson, an experienced nurse and NZ Nurse's Organisation delegate, about Simeon's latest Facebook lash-out.


How can a Health Minister who just got 4 annual pay rises in a row, find himself attacking nurses on Facebook for their attempts to negotiate safer working conditions? 


Nurses who are offered a pay rise that is less than the cost of inflation... and who have watched their request for "safe staffing ratios" eliminated from their negotiations by a government bent on austerity for workers, while handing out tax breaks for landlords, tobacco companies, and oil corporations.


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