Medical technicians and scientists at one of the country's largest laboratory service providers will walk off the job today in Wellington and the South Island, demanding a better pay offer from Awanui.
The company has more than $700 million worth of public contracts with Te Whatu Ora and is half-owned by the government superannuation fund.
Among other things the workers take blood, cross-match transfusions, run urgent lab services and test for everything from cancers, to meningitis and covid.
The strike action is being organised by the APEX union.
Senior lab scientist Rachel Roth spoke to Charlotte Cook
