Legal

Court of Appeal upholds union appeal on strike breakers

10 Mar 2011 - 12:45

10 March 2011

The Court of Appeal has quashed the Employment Court decision which permitted the use of strike breakers during the 2009 dispute between the Dairy Workers Union and the Talley’s company, Open Country Cheese.

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Government must accept sleepover decision now

18 Feb 2011 - 12:27

18 February 2011

The Government’s claims about the flow-on impact of the Court of Appeal decision on sleepover shifts worked by disability support workers were tested in court and were found to be wrong, said the CTU today.

CTU President Helen Kelly said: “It is time the Government faced up to the fact that disability support workers have been grossly underpaid for years.

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Café chef’s 90 day sacking ‘for using too much sauce’

11 Nov 2010 - 09:15

A breakfast chef in a Timaru café was sacked under the 90 day law and the only reason his employer could give was that he was ‘using too much sauce and aioli’. The story is the latest 90 day unfair dismissal case released on video by the CTU today.

Aaron Greave began working at the MJC Café and Wine Bar in Timaru in July.

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Dairy worker driven overseas by 90 day unfair dismissal

8 Nov 2010 - 09:31

A dairy worker and his family are the latest victims of summary dismissal under the 90-day fire at will law to be highlighted in a video released by the CTU today.

The couple, who wish to remain anonymous because of any impact on extended family, lost their jobs on a dairy farm as a result of standing up for a migrant co-worker who was being routinely abused by their employer.

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Government to cut minimum wages? 6.10.10

6 Oct 2010 - 11:41

The refusal today by [Health] Minister Tony Ryall to rule out amending the Minimum Wage Act is a very worrying signal that minimum wages could be cut in this country, CTU President Helen Kelly said.

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Secret ballot Bill unnecessary and unbalanced 27.9.10

27 Sep 2010 - 16:15

The CTU has repeated its view that the Employment Relations (Workers’ Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill is an unwarranted and unnecessary bureaucratic imposition on workers’ freedoms.

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Canterbury workers should be paid 21.9.10

21 Sep 2010 - 10:39

Canterbury workers who have not been able to go to work because their employer’s business has not been operating or has been affected adversely by the quakes, are entitled to be paid in full, said Unions Canterbury Secretary John Miller.

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First 90 Day Case – shot across bow to employers 24.8.10

24 Aug 2010 - 15:38

The CTU determination to stick by workers unfairly dismissed under the 90 day law delivered results today after the Employment Court found young pharmacy worker Heather Smith was not only unjustifiably dismissed by her employer (due to a failure to comply with the contracting requirements of the Employment Relations Act), but the employer’s failure to treat her in good faith or to comply wi

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CTU Seeks Legal Backup For Redundancies

8 May 2003 - 01:00

"Workers who negotiate redundancy agreements should be able to be confident those agreements will protect them when a business becomes insolvent and they lose their jobs," Council of Trade Unions present Ross Wilson said this morning.

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Personal Grievance Rights Must Be Restored

17 Feb 2003 - 00:00

The Council of Trade Unions is calling for the restoration of personal grievance rights after the release of a report showing a pro-employer trend in decisions in the Court of Appeal.

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