Saturday, 01 Oct 2011 | Newsletter
Kia ora
We have just finished rolling out our three main priorities for the upcoming election: kids, rivers and jobs.
A big component of our plan to help get more kiwis working in clean, green jobs involves New Zealand having a world class employment relations framework with strong unions.
To do this we want the 90 day probation period removed for new employees.
We also consider New Zealand is lagging behind other countries such as Germany where there is far greater worker participation on company boards.
A key plank of our jobs package is strengthening collective bargaining rights — as recommended by not just the International Labour Organisation but also the International Monetary Fund. Backing this up we consider New Zealand should also implement international standards on the right to strike, worker accident compensation, pay equity, flexible working hours, and breastfeeding breaks.
It is important that future governments recognise that supporting workers means working with unions rather than attacking them and workers' rights.
Metiria Turei
Connect with us 
Latest
|
The Green Party today launched their plan to create 100,000 new green jobs through business incentives and government leadership. Read more...
|
News
We would make it a top economic priority to extend the scheme to insulate a further 200,000 homes, for a total of 400,000 homes insulated by 2014, says Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman. Read more...
The Green Party has developed four solutions which, if implemented, would bring 100,000 New Zealand kids out of poverty in the next term of Government. Read more...
Green party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman says the Green Party has a three-part plan which, if implemented, would make our rivers and lakes clean enough to swim in again. Read more...
The Green Party strongly supports the Aged Care Charter and the call for compulsory safe staffing levels, and fair pay and conditions for aged care workers, says Green Party aged care spokesperson Sue Kedgley. Read more...
View all news
|
Blog posts
West Coast based Green MP Kevin Hague spent a week following the second phase of the Pike River Royal Commission of Inquiry and considers the evidence coming out of the Commission shows the need to improve our health and safety legislation. Read more...
Women graduates, like many other women, are not getting a fair go according to research says Green Party Women's affairs spokesperson Catherine Delahunty. Read more...
Green MP Gareth Hughes blogs about the Department of Labour's report on the impact of the Green Party initiated abolition of youth rates for the minimum wage. Read more...
View all blog posts
|
|
