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CTU Offers Support To Locked Out Workers

Thursday, 11 April 2002, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson has offered the strong support of the CTU to locked out workers at Generalcable. More >>

National Tax Cut Proposal Benefits The Rich

Thursday, 11 April 2002, 1:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“It is disappointing that Bill English has adopted the tired old National Party strategy of the 1990s by promising tax cuts for the rich,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

CTU Rejects Claim That Workplaces Are Safe Enough

Thursday, 11 April 2002, 10:59 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“With workplace fatalities at a record high it is callous indifference for the Northern Employer and Manufacturers Association to claim that workplaces are already safe enough,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

Unions Committed To Air NZ’s Success

Thursday, 11 April 2002, 12:37 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Council of Trade Unions secretary, Paul Goulter said today that the unions in Air NZ have always accepted that the company is in a perilous state. More >>

EMA Mounts A Scare Story Again

Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 11:23 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The EMA submission to the select committee considering new health and safety law was the same sort of scare story they mounted on the Employment Relations Act,” said Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson today. More >>

Fonterra Union Agreement Meets Challenge

Monday, 8 April 2002, 11:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“Today’s agreement between Fonterra and international and New Zealand unions shows the increasing international nature of union organising to meet the challenges of globalisation,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

Extending Retirement Age Is Not The Super Solution

Friday, 5 April 2002, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“Calls to solve the super funding issue by extending the retirement age past 65 are inappropriate,” said Ross Wilson today. More >>

CTU To Take Up Workplace Privacy Issues

Friday, 5 April 2002, 10:37 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

The Council of Trade Unions is seeking clarification of workers privacy rights following the revelation that the Ministry of Health uses surveillance cameras in rest homes. More >>

New ACC Act A Victory For Community Campaigning

Monday, 1 April 2002, 10:45 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The commencement of the new ACC Act marks a victory for the unions and community organisations which have been campaigning for 10 years as COAC, the Coalition on Accident Compensation,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

CTU Calls For OSH Bill To Be Given Urgency

Monday, 1 April 2002, 10:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The CTU will be calling on all parties in Parliament to give the new OSH Bill urgency so it can be brought into law as soon as possible,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

Paid Parental Leave - A Great Step Forward

Sunday, 31 March 2002, 12:21 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“A great step forward for women workers was taken this afternoon when paid parental leave became law,” said Council of Trade Unions vice president Darien Fenton today. More >>

Kinleith News Potentially Devastating

Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The news that Kinleith pulp and paper mill faces massive redundancies is potentially devastating to the Tokoroa community,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goutler today. More >>

Some Employers Will Only Respond To Big Fines

Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“This case is yet another clear example of the need for bigger fines as an incentive to employers who repeatedly fail to take steps to protect workers’ safety,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

Business Roundtable Joins The Whingers

Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The Business Roundtable is continuing the tired old lament that workplace health and safety is a cost when the smart countries and companies around the world are seeing it as an investment,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

Why Shouldn't Injured Workers Get Lump Sums?

Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:47 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“The negative publicity about lump sums for sexual abuse should not obscure the huge injustice which will be addressed when ACC lump sum compensation is re-introduced from 1 April,” Council of Trade Unions’ president Ross Wilson said today. More >>

CEO Salary Double Standard Lives On

Monday, 25 March 2002, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“Business leaders should extend the generosity they grant themselves to their employees,’ said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>

50% Reduction In Accidents Would Double Growth

Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 9:55 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

“Economic growth in New Zealand could double to 5% for the 2003 year if we are able to reduce the current high incidence of occupational accidents and disease by 50%,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson told Parliament’s Transport and Industrial ... More >>

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