The two biggest stories today are New Zealand First leader Winston Peters launching a blistering attack on trade unions, and Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche directing the PSA to stop handing out its “change the government” campaign material in departments and agencies.
Union coverage
- Has the boat sailed on compulsory union membership? | The Post (paywalled)
- PSA – Peters Labels Unions ‘Prostitutes for Labour’ as NZ First Escalates Constitutional Election Fight | Waatea News
- PSA – Public service boss tells union to pull ‘change the government’ postcards from workplaces | RNZ
- PSA – Employment Leave Law Could Leave More Than 200,000 Workers Worse Off, PSA Warns | Waatea News
- MUNZ, RMU – Port unions call for Lyttelton wharf decision to be paused and port board to resign | Chris Lynch Media
- NZNO – Nurses accuse Govt of ‘broken promise’ on Plunket funding | Newstalk ZB
- NZNO – Patient fell trying to kill cockroaches at Auckland Hospital, fleas hit wards | RNZ
- NZPFU – ‘Fighting literal fires, not bureaucracy’: Bill aims to ease ACC burden for firefighters with cancer | Te Ao Māori News
Employment
- Holiday pay changes become law: All you need to know | 1News
- National, Labour unearth parental leave skeletons | RNZ
- Carterton nurse censured, ordered to pay $60k over Islamophobic, anti-vaccine posts | The Post (paywalled)
- Counting what GDP won’t: Dame Marilyn Waring brings pay equity talk to Wairarapa | The Post (paywalled)
- FMA chief on leave amid urgent review of ‘cultural concerns’ | RNZ
- University procedures for harassment not good enough, students and staff say | RNZ