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CTU Critique: National’s ACC Policy
Thursday July 17 2008
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Submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee, February 2008
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Summary
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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.
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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.
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Article by Ross Wilson, president of the NZCTU, published in the DominionPost, April 28, 2003 (International Workers Memorial Day).
Today is International Workers' Memorial Day, a day when we remember the more than two million workers who each year die around the world from work-related causes; far more than are killed by war, famine or AIDS.
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Prepared by the Canadian Auto Workers Union. Some of the information may not apply in New Zealand. Check with your union.
SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
What is it?
SARS is a severe form of pneumonia, accompanied by a fever. A small number of those affected can become severely ill.