Morticians’ strike to hit hospitals
PA Auckland Auckland mortuary workers will strike from next Monday, and leave health authorities with the problem of handling 43 bodies a week. The morticians want more pay for what a workers’ representative, Mr John Russell, described as an increasingly stressful job. The Auckland Hospital Board’s chief executive, Mr Les Corkery, said the strike would cause considerable difficulty.
“We don’t know how to overcome it,” he said.
The small number of morticians at Auckland Hospital, Middlemore Hospital and Green Lane Hospital play a crucial role in preparing bodies for autopsies. Mr Russell said a mortician received only $18,300 a year after four years experience. The job risks had increased because of people dying from diseases such as A.I.D.S. and the infectious Hepatitis B, he said.
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Press, 4 February 1986, Page 8
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