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Employment Info

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About Stress at Work
About Harassment & Bullying

Links re the earthquakes 

Japan Tsunami Reconstruction Photos
Rise in Stressed People Seeking Help
Different Views on Rebuild
Delays Feared From PPPs
Brownlee Softening Up Christchurch For Asset Sales - Greens
Hiring Stalls as Rebuild Delayed
10,000 Aftershocks - No End in Sight
Chch Council Staff Defend Quake Paperwork Delays
EQC Cuts Cover, Hikes Levies
Plea for Canterbury Fracking Moratorium

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:

Mornington Parking Woes Mystify DCC
"Let Erosion Take South Dunedin" - Engineer
Kiwirail's Hillside Deal Backfires
Dunedin City Holdings Ltd Directors Recommended for a 200% Pay Rise
Access to Dunedin Meeting Venue Assured
Vultures Lick Their Lips Over Chch Assets
ORC Keeps Parking Area Building Options Open
Dunedin VML Venues Require Council Subsidy
Chch Consents to be Sped Up
Otago Settler's Museum Conservator Unjustifiably Dismissed - $34,446 Payout
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:

Council Demands Blamed for Ports Dispute
New Group Calls for Fresh Approach to Ports of Auckland
Ports Coalition Invitation Letter
POAL Management Attacks Free Speech
Port Company Shows Contempt for Workers
Lawyer Says Port Can Start Hiring Scabs
Sign the Petition
Save Our Port Website
Update on Ports of Auckland Dispute - CTU
Time to Support Auckland's Wharfies - Willie Jackson
Support the Workers at Ports of Auckland - CTU
Ports Prepare to Make Workers Redundant
Port Says Strike Strengthens Resolve to Sack Workers
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
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

Reality Check - NZ vs Australian Pay Gap Widens
Frontline Health Jobs on the Line as Cuts Bite
Wellington Jobless Rate Hits 16 Year High
Bosses Pay Rises Well Ahead of Workers
Fear of Dangerous Rift From Wealth Gap
Rest Home Strikes to Go Ahead
Job Growth Remains Feeble
Unemployment Too High - CTU
Public Service Faces Yet More Cuts
And a Response from the Public Service Association
Jobs, Cost of Living, Economy Worry Kiwis
Hardship Forces Kiwisaver Withdrawals
Jobs Rise at the Expense of Full Timers


Could They Spare It? Minimum Wage Rises to $13.50 an Hour
CTU Response to Minimum Wage Increase
NZ's Rich Pay Lowest Tax Rates in Developed World
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)
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

Airport Security In Good Paws
Unfair Dismissal Claims Continue to Rise in Australia
Older Men Targets of Discrimination in Australia

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