在新西兰
吃个饭得从千里之外送来、而且是冷了一热再热的――这是我国公立医院的病患们即将面对的现实。而这却是因为政府想要将医院的餐饮合同外包给一个跨国公司。 工党卫生事务发言人安妮塔•金表示：目前已获准
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工党卫生事务发言人安妮塔•金表示：目前已获准给新西兰很多医院送餐的餐饮业巨头Compass得到了一份为期15年的合约，将扩张他们的服务到每一个医管局下属医院。
这意味着以后所有医院的饮食只从奥克兰和基督城两个城市配送――1000个工作人员因此失业。
工党的劳工事务发言人达伦•芬顿批评说如此大规模的裁员将沉重打击餐饮业工人。
与此同时政府还打算通过改雇佣法之类的手段来削减工人权益，让后者失去最基本的保护。
这已经不是第一次对公立医院进行如此大幅的裁员了。上次是1990年代当澳大利亚公司Tempo DNC在过度扩张后在人们的疑云中撤离，把一个烂摊子留给工人、提供商和纳税人。
医疗卫生部长托尼•雷尔之前已经声称他要病人们得到优质服务。
而Compass公司和英国马肉丑闻有关联――在给医院和学校提供的餐品中发现有马肉的成份。
看来雷尔先生对样样事情的价格都很清楚，就是对其价值一无所知。如果质量是毁掉工作岗位、节省资金的唯一衡量标准，那么看来新西兰的病患将得到的只能是二流服务了。
Annette KING Health Spokesperson Darien FENTON Labour Spokesperson
10 April 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT
Hospital catering contract cold comfort for patients and workers
Patients in our public hospitals face being fed TV-style, reheated dinners, transported hundreds of miles as the Government looks to contract out the supply of hospital meals to a multi-national company, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King.
“Catering giant, Compass, which already supplies meals to a number of hospitals in New Zealand has been given the green light as preferred provider to expand its service to each of the country’s DHBs, with a 15-year contract.
“It will see the production of all hospital meals undertaken in just two main cities – Auckland and Christchurch – and the loss of some 1000 jobs.
Labour’s spokesperson on Labour issues, Darien Fenton, said such a mass layoff of food service workers would hit hard.
“At the same time the Government is planning to reduce rights for workers like these under the Employment Relations Act, leaving them without even basic protection. This will come as a double blow.
“It’s not the first time large scale contracting out has been tried in our public hospitals. The last time was in the 1990s when Australian company Tempo DNC left town under a cloud after they over-extended their business. In the collapse workers, suppliers and taxpayers were all left out on a limb.”
“Health Minister Tony Ryall has previously said he wants patients to receive quality service and care,” Annette King said.
“Compass has been linked to the UK’s horsemeat scandal, with horse DNA found in products it provided to hospitals and schools.
“It appears Mr Ryall knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. If quality is only measured in jobs destroyed and money saved, then it seems sick New Zealanders will be receiving second-rate care.”