Health and Safety

Protest schedule April 2010

November 2009

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The CTU has argued that the history of  levy reductions demonstrates that extreme caution should be taken in setting levies and that a generous prudential margin should be allowed.

There has been an active campaign by the Government to undermine public confidence in ACC. This has included scaremongering about the financial security of ACC and outrageous attacks on Ross Wilson, now removed as Chair of the ACC Board.

The CTU has prepared the attached fact sheet for union members and public circulation.

Submission of the NZ Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi to the Accident Compensation Corporation on the 2009-2010 Levy Rate Consultation Documents.

8th October 2008

Full text of the submission is below, or download a PDF copy here (PDF, 35kb).

CTU Critique: National’s ACC Policy
Thursday July 17 2008

Submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee, February 2008

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Summary

Speech to CTU Biennial Conference 2003

Health and Safety: What Were Trying to Achieve by Ross Wilson

Article for the New Zealand Herald, by Mike Ward, the national health and safety officer for the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union.

Picture this: you're 18 years old and you've just got a job as a pine technician. But first you've got to buy chaps, boots, a safety helmet, earmuffs, safety glasses and a couple of compasses. The bill comes to $1700. Or this: You've got three kids and a mortgage to feed and your take-home pay is $300 a week. If it rains and you don't work, you don't get paid. You've got a choice between setting aside the $25 a week you're given in lieu of safety equipment, or putting bread on the table.

Article on the launch of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act by Ross Wilson, CTU president, published in the NZ Herald, May 6 2003.