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Meat workers need Jobs that Count

Meat workers need Jobs that Count

The CTU is supporting todays Meat Workers Union campaign to combat insecure work in a core New Zealand export industry.

"Last year the CTU published a report on insecure work shows that at least 30% of New Zealand’s workers – over 635,000 people including 192,000 temporary workers – are in insecure work. We think it may well be more. Insecure work for most people means their lives are dominated by work: waiting for it, looking for it, worrying when they don’t have it,” CTU Secretary, Sam Huggard said.

"Whether we call it casualisation, precarious work, temporary, or non-standard work – insecure work means that workers have worse conditions, less security, less say and are more vulnerable. Insecure work is a huge plague on our country," Huggard said.

“Workers in the meat industry are required to have high level of skill, it is a high risk environment. These workers should have secure hours year to year, safe work, and be able to provide for their families. These are reasonable expectations,” Huggard said.

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