Today’s Union News continues extensive coverage of the Greens Party’s automatic union membership policy and NZCTU’s support of the policy. A link to the ACT Party’s response is also included below.
Greens’ union policy
- The plan to drag NZ workers back to the 1980s “dinosaur” age | THREE NEWS (video)
- Unions Welcome Green Plan to Make Membership the Default for New Workers | Waatea News
- Labour non-committal to Greens’ idea of automatically enrolling new employees in unions | NZ Herald
- Greens Push to Make Union Membership the Default for New Workers | Waatea News
- Politics Friday with Matt Doocey and Dan Rosewarne on Opt-out union membership | Newstalk ZB
- Barry Soper: Compulsory unions are a step backwards | Newstalk ZB
- ACT press release: Greens drag New Zealand back to compulsory unionism (ACT website)
Other union coverage
- Workers First – Juken mill closure sparks fears of job losses across Kaitāia | Northland Age
- MUNZ, RMTU – Community, unions meet over Lyttelton Port takeover bid | RNZ
Employment issues
- More Kiwis Switched Jobs Than Received a Pay Rise, New Workforce Data Shows | Waatea News
- Universal Basic Income deserves another look | The Post (paywalled)
- Thousands more on the benefit, but increase in jobseekers finding work | RNZ
- Employee snooping a growing problem in New Zealand workplaces, Privacy Commissioner says | RNZ