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Employment Info and Links re the earthquake 

See here for advice to workers

About Stress at Work
About Harassment & Bullying

Chch Council Staff Defend Quake Paperwork Delays
One Per Cent Chance of Mag 7+ Quake
EQC Cuts Cover, Hikes Levies
10,000 Quakes and Counting ...
Bexley Demolition Test Run Begins
Safety "Underrated" in Church Collapse
Work Starts on Multi-Storey Chch CBD Building
Plea for Canterbury Fracking Moratorium
Government to Assist with Red Zone Hazardous Waste Removal
Christchurch Rumbled by Quakes
Greendale Fault Still Under Stress

Other Information On This Site

From time to time we place information or links on this site that may be useful to Members. Information that is available below may be accessed by clicking on the blue link:

Local News:

Dunedin's Hillside Re-hires Workers
Dunedin City Councillors Not Moved by "Get Active" Campaign
Chch Consents to be Sped Up
36 Sanitarium Workers Laid Off
Central Chch City Recovery Plan Attracts Fewer Than 20 Comments
Otago Settler's Museum Conservator Unjustifiably Dismissed - $34,446 Payout
Communities Will Have to Pay - Dunedin City Council
Dunedin Stadium's $140m Debt to Loom Large in Debate
Impact Of Dunedin City Council Cuts Becoming Clear
Dunedin Warned Not to be Complacent About Quakes
Here we go Again: Productivity Commission Recommends Partial Privatization for Ports, Airports
Earthquake Briefing (inc video)
New Technology for Parking Enforcement

Ports of Auckland Dispute:

Sign the Petition
Save Our Port Website
Unanimous Vote for Strike
More Strikes at Auckland Port
Support the Workers at Ports of Auckland - CTU
Ports Prepare to Make Workers Redundant
Port Says Strike Strengthens Resolve to Sack Workers
New Strike Notice Issued
Auckland Board Members Support Wharfies
Time For Our Mayor to Step Up - Matt McCarten
Port Management Caught Bargaining in Bad Faith
MUNZ Considers Next Move
Ports Management Negligent - CTU
What the Wharfies Say
Ports Looking to Hire Scabs
Port Co. Set to Contract Out Labour
MUNZ Fact sheet on Ports of Auckland Dispute
Port Dispute a Cover for Privatization Agenda - Matt McCarten
Chris Trotter analyses Ports of Auckland Dispute
Ports of Auckland Dispute: it's about job security - MUNZ view

National News

Ouch, Mortgage Hikes, Public Sector Cuts Coming
No Payrises for Public Sector Staff - PM
50 Jobs Cut at Te Puni Kokiri
Public Servants Face Cramped Offices, Loss of Conditions
Union Membership is Good for Business - CTU Monthly Economic Report (a fascinating look at the relationship between Union density and economic growth from 1921-2010)
Workplace Deaths Halved, But No Room for Complacency
CPI Increase Still Requires Big Wages Catch-up - CTU
Firefighters on Partial Strike
More on the Firefighters
Changes in Employment Law 2011
For more information see the CTU Fairness At Work website and Resources

International News

Unfair Dismissal Claims Continue to Rise in Australia
Older Men Targets of Discrimination in Australia