NZ First should not put big business ahead of working Kiwis
Wednesday, 12 September 2018, 6:32 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
New Zealand First should not put big business ahead
of working Kiwis
By
attempting to backtrack on its promise to strengthen New
Zealanders’ work rights New Zealand First is letting down
the very Kiwi battlers it claims to represent, says the
Council of Trade Unions.
CTU President Richard Wagstaff
says the move would be a betrayal. "We’re incredibly
disappointed by New Zealand First’s attempts to duck the
commitment they made to strengthen workers rights. Their
attempts to back out of their Cabinet agreement to support
multi-employer collective agreements (MECAs) has come after
an intensive push by big business lobbyists.
"New Zealand
First claim that they are backing small business, but this
is a big business issue. You only have to look at the
dreadful pay and conditions at multinational plastics
company Sistema, to see what happens when you weaken MECA
bargaining.[1]
"And it’s JNL - part of a
massive Japanese-owned multinational turning over three
quarters of a billion dollars a year - that was cited by NZF
Minister Shane Jones this morning as needing MECAs
stopped.[2]
"Frankly I don’t think people
voted for New Zealand First to see them put the interests of
multinational corporations over the interests of
hard-working Kiwis. They should take a look at themselves
and decide who they really stand for."
[1] https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/sistema-workers-accuse-company-exploitation-we-not-treated-equally
[2]
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018662156/new-employment-law-may-hit-stumbling-block-with-nz-first
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