Category: Newsletter

‘We’ve got to get going’ – Union leader calls for faster start on infrastructure projects A union leader is calling on the government to speed up major infrastructure projects to offset job losses in the construction sector. Fletcher Building, New Zealand’s largest construction company, yesterday […]

Potential redundancies on billion-dollar Transmission Gully project Workers building the delayed billion-dollar Transmission Gully project now face potential redundancies thinning their ranks. About 88 staff working with the joint venture CPB-HEB could be made redundant. Amalgamated Workers Union national secretary Maurice Davis said the union […]

Unions Propose Sensible Change To Stimulate Economy This global pandemic has created an opportunity to reset New Zealand’s economic priorities. A new negotiated Social Responsibility Pact needs to be worked through prior to us getting through this pandemic. This crisis demonstrates the lacking’s in the […]

Union Launching NZ Made Campaign In Infrastructure Projects Maurice Davis, AWUNZ National Secretary and Union leader says;  Shayne Jones and Phil Twyford have the opportunity to lead NZ into economic recovery. All Infrastructure Projects need to require a “NZ Made first” component in the contracts […]

Govt to consider levy on log exports to ensure home supply

Shane Jones Responds to Challenge from AWUNZ Union  Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has conceded the Provincial Growth Fund should have created more jobs after an attack by a union boss. “We’ve disappointed a lot of rural communities that thought the dough would flow […]

Union tells Shane Jones to restrict wood exports overseas or ‘voters will cut him down  Forestry Minister Shane Jones has instructed officials to explore law changes that would ensure wood product is prioritised for New Zealand-based projects after the COVID-19 lockdown, instead of it being […]