Home 24-7 Lifewise strike: complaints about care quality, Methodist Church members concerned – E... 24-724/7 NewsAM-NCBusinessChild PovertyCrimeCTFDJFEmployment IssuesEtuFifthEstate1HealthHousingKBMIL NZ OSIMIL OSIMIL OSI - New ZealandNew ZealandPoliticsTransportUnions Lifewise strike: complaints about care quality, Methodist Church members concerned – E tū By LiveNews Publisher - January 12, 2021 4 Recommended Sponsor Painted-Moon.com - Buy Original Artwork Directly from the ArtistSource: Etu Union Lifewise homecare workers continue their action to win a fair collective agreement which protects quality care at the Auckland-based homecare provider, taking strike action from 6am-9pm tomorrow (Wednesday) and picketing outside their employer’s premises at 227 Mount Eden Road from 7am until 11:30am. Family members have started to complain to the Auckland District Health Board in support of the reasonable demands of the workers but are unhappy about the poor coordination of care from Lifewise, and the increased turnover of long serving employees due to their working environment and low hours. In addition to client complaints, members of the Methodist Church, of which Lifewise is a part, have begun to express their concern that the homecare arm of The Lifewise Trust is failing its employees and clients. “It’s a shame to me that Lifewise is not responding to the direct concerns of homecare workers about their low hours which keep them in poverty,” says an Auckland lay preacher who prefers to remain anonymous. “It’s up to those of us in the church who feel strongly about the social justice principles to make the church step up and practice what it preaches,” she says. “I and a number of my colleagues will be taking this up within all the channels available to us – within our Synods, with our church ministers, and with our church representatives.” E tū Director Kirsty McCully says that the homecare workers are taking their stand for themselves, but also for future generations of homecare workers. “They can’t survive on the hours they’re receiving and the model at Lifewise is set up to keep employees in poverty, shouldering all the financial risk for the organisation,” she says. ENDS All are invited to the picket tomorrow at 227 Mount Eden Road from 7am until 11:30am. Members of the Methodist Church will be attending the picket. For more information and comment: Kirsty McCully, 027 204 6354 MIL OSI RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 24/7 Moomoo and Nasdaq Announce Global Strategic Partnership 24/7 On Its 100 Years Anniversary, LUX Aims to Change Feminine Identity With ‘In Her Name’ 24/7 Malaysian traders to access the dynamically evolving Octa trading ecosystem RECOMMENDED: Buy original artworks directly from the artist via Painted-Moon.com- PROMO - PODCASTS: Follow A View from Afar with Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning- PROMO - For Press Release Creation + Distribution We Recommend NewzEngine.com- PROMO - For Analysis We Recommend: EveningReport.nz MIL PODCASTSBookmark | Follow | Subscribe Foreign policy + Intel + Security Subscribe | Follow | Bookmarkand join Buchanan & Manning LIVE Thursdays @ midday MIL Public Webcast Service