Brash hostage to Business Round Table

"Don Brash must come clean on the influence of the Business Round Table in a National led Government," CTU president Ross Wilson said today.Ross Wilson said the confidential emails disclosed in the weekend show detailed advice from BRT Chief Executive Roger Kerr to Don Brash and confirm that Don Brash is hostage to big business interests.

"It should be of public concern that the Business Round Table has been secretive about its involvement with Don Brash," Ross Wilson said.

"New Zealanders are entitled to know that a National led Government is going back to the extreme right policies pushed by the Business Round Table in the 1990s.

"That will include a return to an Employment Contracts Act, cuts in holiday, minimum wage and other legal rights, and privatisation of ACC."

Ross Wilson said unions attempt to influence political parties as a voice for working people, and are completely open about that.

"The Business Round Table's track record demonstrates it is the voice for big business and the rich," he said.