Health and safety

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).

Speaking at ACCs recent Bold Perspectives Conference, CTU president Ross Wilson says that the model of worker participation in workplace health and safety can be adapted to other processes in the workplace. He talks about the pilot scheme to develop a Learning Representatives system with a focus on broader issues of skill development, lifelong learning, and industry development.

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.

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.

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.

Safety in the Emerging Labour Market - a Union Perspective

A paper prepared by Ross Wilson, NZCTU president, for the Elsinore Denmark 3-6 September 2002 Inaugural Conference of the International Network on the Prevention of Accidents and Trauma at Work.