CTU President Richard Wagstaff addressed the International Labour Organisation (the United Nations agency for work and employment) on Tuesday to focus global attention on the New Zealand government’s failure to protect working people in the face of the massive payroll systems failure that has left as many as three quarters of a million working New Zealanders out of pocket.
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Speech by Richard Wagstaff to the Plenary Session of the International Labour Congress
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou koutoa
I want to use this occasion to talk about the importance of the Labour Inspectorate function in enforcing ILO instruments.
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