Green MPs Sue Kedgley and Sue Bradford say that if the Prime Minister is serious about getting more women into work she could start by listening to the aged-care unions’ call to her for an increase in Government funding for their sector. Tomorrow, members of the NZ Nurses’ Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union who work in rest homes, long-stay hospitals and dementia units will be targeting the Prime Minister by asking the public to sign postcards to her as part of a Day of Action seeking a fair share for aged care in the next Budget. « If the Government wants to get women into paid work, then women’s work has to be properly paid, » said Ms Kedgley, the Green Party’s Health and Women’s Affairs Spokesperson. « At the moment, aged-care is a classic example of an industry with a predominantly female workforce that has been consistently undervalued and underpaid. It is a serious pay equity issue. » « The unions and providers have been warning for some time that the aged-care sector is in crisis, and the Greens have consistently supported their call for a substantial increase in funding, » said Ms Bradford, the Greens’ Industrial Relations and Community and Voluntary
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