Tuesday, April 3, 2007

oral bolg entry 6 About Unions

Oral blog entry

Week 6 Lecture about Unions in New Zealand
Speaker : Sarah Hardman

Two question : 1, Have you belonged to a union overseas?
2, Have you belonged to a union New Zealand ?

Our life is hard
8 hours work, 8 hours rest, 8 hours entertainment.

Worker organized into a voluntary association, a union , to further their mutual interests with respect to wages, hours, working conditions and other matters of interest to workers

330.000 union workers, 51.5% are women.
Self-employee can’t join .

You can go on strike if collective agreement has expired.
When negotiationg a New CA,
Must give a reasonable notice

Why would I need a union
Fair pay
A voice for working
Fair working conditions
Equality of opportunity
Safe and healthy workplace

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