Laboratory Workers at Awanui Labs on Strike on 5 February 2024 – 1 February 2024

Laboratory Workers at SCL Labs – part of Awanui Labs - in the South Island and Wellington region will strike for 24 hours on Monday 5th February 2024.

Laboratory Workers at Awanui Labs on Strike Tomorrow and Monday – 16 November 2023

Full withdrawal strike action at Awanui Labs will proceed tomorrow (Friday 17th November) and Monday 20th November.

Laboratory Workers at Awanui Labs on Strike 17 and 20 November 2023 – 6 November 2023

Laboratory Workers at SCL Labs – part of Awanui Labs - in the South Island and Wellington region will strike on Friday 17th 2023 and Monday 20th November.

Pay Equity Settlement Agreed For Allied Health Workers In Te Whatu Ora – 2 October 2023

Agreement on salary increases to address historical sex-based undervaluation of allied scientific and technical health practitioners has been made between APEX, PSA & Te Whatu Ora. The proposed settlement would result in allied, scientific, and technical health practitioners across Te Whatu Ora receiving a wide range of pay adjustments from 0 - 40%.

Laboratory Workers' Picket Awanui Conference – 19 September 2023

Collective bargaining negotiations between APEX and Awanui, the largest private laboratory provider in the country, have come to a standstill over the principal issue of pay. This Wednesday, the 20th of September there will be a full 24-hour withdrawal of labor by APEX members at all South Island, Wellington region and Hawkes Bay Awanui Laboratories.

Pathology Collapse – 8 September 2023

In the middle of a bitter pay dispute between APEX members and Awanui Labs, more news has emerged about the crisis in the medical laboratory sector.

Laboratory Workers at Awanui Awanui Labs Strike This Week – 28 August 2023

Awanui Labs, responsible for around 70% of public hospital and community medical laboratory testing, is still refusing to make anything approaching a reasonable pay offer to settle a collective agreement with their laboratory staff.

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