Posted in NEWS by New Union | April 13, 2014
This morning's Herald on Sunday carries a story on bonus for Parliament's unionists: The agency in charge of parliamentary staff has agreed to a cash bonus for union members, despite John Key's National Party previously denouncing such deals as discriminatory. An email obtained by the Herald...
Read more about Union welfare at ParliamentPosted in NEWS by New Union | January 21, 2014
Last week we released material showing that millions of dollars is being wasted in a CTU/Business NZ deal for health and safety training that, according to ACC's experts, for every dollar spent 84 cents is wasted. As you'll recall, the Minister of ACC, Judith Collins, labelled the...
Read more about Policy victoryPosted in NEWS by New Union | January 15, 2014
Yesterday it looked like the Taxpayers' Union struck up it's first win, with ACC announcing that it would scrap the health and safety training scheme which has cost levy holders $19million to date, with 84 cents per dollar being wasted (even with optimistic assumptions). ONE News, 3 News, the...
Read more about ACC cans useless scheme publicly, but extended the contract within the last monthPosted in NEWS by New Union | January 14, 2014
Tonight's TV news coverage of the corporate and union welfare exposed earlier today. ONE News: $19m wasted on health and safety training with 84c per dollar wasted Click here or the image below for video on demand. 3 News: ACC dumps workplace training scheme Click here...
Read more about Media coverage of Business NZ/CTU ACC rortPosted in NEWS by New Union | January 14, 2014
Material released by the Taxpayers’ Union show a cosy deal between Business New Zealand, the Council of Trade Unions ("CTU") and ACC has cost ACC-levy payers $19 million since 2003. The documents, available and summarised below show ACC knew that millions paid to Business NZ and the CTU to...
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