Story: Strikes and labour disputes

Junior doctors’ strike

Crowded waiting rooms and cancelled operations plagued the country’s public hospitals in April 2008, when trainee doctors stopped work seeking a pay rise. This TV news clip shows Dr Deborah Powell, the paid official for the doctors’ union, explaining the grounds for the strike action.

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Mark Derby, 'Strikes and labour disputes - Social impact of labour disputes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/20509/junior-doctors-strike (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Mark Derby, published 11 Mar 2010, updated 1 Mar 2016