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THE UNIONIST: Wages, Burma, Rail buy back...
CTU Media Release
Monday May 12 2008
THE UNIONIST:
Wages, Burma, Rail buy back, and views from across the
ditch
The Council of Trade Unions says that rises in workers' wages are welcome, but they are not being felt universally and they need to keep on rising. The Unionist this week also reports on efforts to support Burma, the rail buy back, two festivals on right now and a view from across the ditch. Story summaries are below, and click here for the full newsletter: http://union.org.nz/news/2008/the-unionist-wages-burma-and-views-from-across-the-ditch
* Wages need to keep rising - CTU
The Council of Trade
Unions said this week that rises in workers' wages are
welcome, but they are not being felt universally and they
need to keep on rising.
* Support for Burma
The
President of the CTU Helen Kelly and the Director of the New
Zealand Office of the National Council for the Union of
Burma, Naing Ko Ko this week jointly called on New
Zealanders to give generously to Burma cyclone relief.
* A
view from across the ditch
The President of the
Australian Council of Trade Unions was in New Zealand this
week, and spoke to Radio New Zealand's Morning Report about
how things were looking for Australian workers, 6 months on
from their federal election last year.
* Govt buys back
rail
Transport unions have this week welcomed news that
the government had completed the repurchase of the national
train and ferry assets.
* Two festivals now on - fair
trade and human rights films
Fair Trade fortnight 2008
started last Friday and runs to the 18th of May. Meanwhile,
the Human Rights Film Festival is back, and includes Dunedin
for the first time.
Click here for the full newsletter: http://union.org.nz/news/2008/the-unionist-wages-burma-and-views-from-across-the-ditch
ENDS
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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