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Dr Cullen Can Do Better Than This
8 December 2005
Dr Cullen Can Do Better Than This
New Zealand First labour spokesperson Peter Brown is urging the Minister of Finance to do everything he can to ensure that the board of Air New Zealand follows good process on the consideration of their engineers' proposal to keep their jobs.
Mr Brown called on Dr Cullen today to use his "legitimate influence" to ensure that the board would be giving "full, fair and meaningful" consideration to the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union's proposal, which will be presented to the Air New Zealand board tomorrow.
"Dr Cullen has only confirmed that he would 'expect' that the proposal would be given serious consideration by the board. Such a vague response displays a complete lack of commitment to these workers.
"The
majority of voters who supported Labour at the last election
would expect an assurance from the Minister that he will do
all he can in his power to ensure that the proposal is given
meaningful and thorough consideration.
"The Government,
as majority shareholder, should be doing everything it can
to see the best outcome for our engineers," said Mr
Brown.
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