As Workers Memorial Day approaches this Sunday, a union in the wood sector is warning that little is being learned from the spate of deaths in our forests.
A campaign calling for an inquiry into health and safety in forestry stepped up a notch today with the launch of a "What Killed Ken Callow?" billboard on Auckland’s Khyber Pass.
The death of a young forestry worker near Rotorua has prompted a union leader to accuse forest owners of preventing unions from helping to promote safe working practices.
New Zealand’s forest exports are being put risk as the industry continues to drag the chain on a key aspect of its certification, a union for workers in the wood industries says.
