Hospice MECA Negotiations
May 26, 2008 Update
The Hospice MECA has been settled and ratified by members.
- Action => Celebrate the successful conclusion of bargaining and another MECA for NZNO!
March 13, 2008 Update
A proposed settlement has been reached and will soon be presented to members to consider ratifying the agreement. Ratification meetings are scheduled to take place 18 March – 4 April.
- Action =>Check with your delegate or organiser when your ratification meeting will be held. Attend the meeting and vote on your collective agreement.
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Significant Progressm - October 2007
The joint negotiating teams met on 17 and 18 October and report that significant progress has been made, particulary in the areas of:
- job evaluation
- superannuation and kiwisaver
- terms and conditions
- professional development
- timeline
Read the latest Hospice MECA Update(No 3,PDF) |
Background
The existing Hospice Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) expired on July 31st.
The NZNO Claim Principles for the re-negotiation of the MECA were endorsed in meetings held around the country between June 19 and June 29. These principles were, in summary:
- Pay parity with DHB nurses
- Appropriate term
- Employment Equity
- Superannuation
- Extended coverage
- Updating and standardisation of clauses
- PDRP progression
Interests and Issues Based Bargaining
Following on from the DHB MECA negotiations, NZNO is planning to negotiate from a position of issues or interests based bargaining as we move away from the more traditional positional based process. This requires that the parties must fully explore issues, be willing and active participants and have trust that the ideas or opinions expressed will be received as an open and honest dialogue or, in some cases as the nucleus of a potential option, rather than some fully formed and rigidly defended position.
If the DHB MECA negotiation experience is anything to go on, this type of negotiating may take a little more time to complete but the resulting agreement is likely to be better developed, more fully articulated and committed to equally by both parties.
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