Industrial action
Bus company should end lock out
Submitted by Communications on 24 November, 2008 - 16:17."Go Bus should immediately end its lockout and come back to the negotiating table,” Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly said.
The Council of Trade Unions today criticised Go Bus for its lockout of 50 Hamilton bus drivers.
CTU critical of hard-line bus company
Submitted by Communications on 25 September, 2008 - 09:48.The Council of Trade Unions today criticised NZ Bus for implementing a complete lockout of all workers after just one hour of strike action.
“This is employer militancy against low paid workers and clearly the employer is hoping to starve these workers back to work,” CTU President Helen Kelly said.
Work Stoppages Low Despite Current Disputes
Submitted by Communications on 18 July, 2007 - 15:43.“The current high profile industrial disputes mask work stoppages figures which remain very low,” CTU president Ross Wilson said, following the release of latest figures by Statistics NZ today.
Spotless Are Taking on More Than Their Workers - CTU
Submitted by Communications on 13 July, 2007 - 10:36."Service and support staff in hospitals are some of the lowest paid workers in the country and by locking out hundreds of hospital workers Spotless Services are taking on the whole 350,000 strong union movement,” CTU president Ross Wilson said today.
Corporate Bullies Lock Out Low Paid Hospital Service Workers
Submitted by Communications on 16 May, 2007 - 19:05.“This is the action of corporate bullies who have a callous disregard for these low paid workers and their families,” CTU president Ross Wilson said tonight.
Message to Amcor Flexibles: Kiwi Workers and Families Won’t Tolerate Lockout Bullying
Submitted by Communications on 2 May, 2007 - 14:57.“Amcor Flexibles should immediately end its lockout of more than 50 factory workers in Auckland and get back to the negotiating table,” CTU president Ross Wilson said today.
Industrial Action Historically Low
Submitted by Communications on 19 April, 2007 - 11:18."Most of the 2,000 plus collective employment agreements were settled last year without the need for industrial action," CTU president Ross Wilson said today.
Employers Unrealistic About Fair Wages Main Cause of Work Stoppages - CTU
Submitted by Communications on 26 January, 2007 - 11:49.
"Employers who are unrealistic about the need to address New Zealand’s low wage crisis will continue to see workers exercising their right to take industrial action in support of a wage claim," CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
DHB Grandstanding Over Abolition of Right To Strike Proposal
Submitted by Communications on 12 November, 2006 - 06:12.“Canterbury District Health Board’s call for the abolition of the right to strike for health workers is childish and grandstanding,” CTU president Ross Wilson said today.
Work Stoppages Remain Historically Low
Submitted by Communications on 17 October, 2006 - 12:31.
"Work stoppages remain historically low, with the vast majority of employment agreements settled without industrial action," CTU president Ross Wilson said today.