Research Project on the Changing Representations of Organised Labour in New Zealand, 1968–1981

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Right now there are over 100 workers at the Canterbury Meat Processors meatworks on SH1 near Marton who have been locked out since 19th October.

Why? Because they won’t accept a 25 percent pay cut and the removal of important conditions from their collective. The workers are trying to stay staunch, but without any income its hard.

Labour leader Phil Goff released their work and wages policy at the FIRST Union conference in Hamilton this week. The policy included setting industry standards for wages.

The NDU is backing a campaign to stop violence against women.

The NDU executive voted last month to endorse the White Ribbon Day and support campaigns aimed at eliminating violence against women in all its forms.

The union campaign for a $15 an hour minimum wage has become part of the Labour Party’s election plank for the general election in November.

Just before Christmas over 100 wood processing workers lost their jobs from three different North Island sites.