Te Whatu Ora has deferred surgical operations and procedures in the South Island and more disruption is expected as striking lab workers get set to walk off the job again on Friday
A last-ditch attempt at mediation between striking lab workers in Wellington, the South Island and Hawkes Bay and SCL Group has failed to end the industrial standoff
Community laboratory testing is expected to grind to a halt in some regions this week as lab workers in Wellington, the South Island and Hawke’s Bay go on strike from Wednesday
With a strike by lab workers in Wellington and the South Island looming, the two parties involved have until tomorrow to reach an agreement on maintaining critical services
Workers in the South Island and Wellington are threatening industrial action against the country’s biggest medical lab provider after talks broke down during recent wage negotiations
The NZIMLS continues to express our disappointment at the lack of consistent funding impetus passed on to vital struggling frontline health professions like Pathology
The country’s biggest medical laboratory company has dropped the idea of moving some services out of MedLab South in Nelson, but is not commenting on other plans
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