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News from 2009
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- Minister orders inquiry into workplace deaths
- 11 December, 2009
The Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson, has ordered a report into the reasons behind the high level of workplace fatalities this year and what can be done...
Read Article - Government's ACC levy increases ‘a needless kick in the guts'
- 11 December, 2009
The National-led Government announced large hikes in ACC levies this week that will cost the average worker nearly $200 more every year. Workers on the average wage...
Read Article - Government rejects mine check inspectors
- 20 November, 2009
The National Government has failed New Zealand's miners by turning its back on sensible safety recommendations, the EPMU said this week. The call follows a decision by the...
Read Article - Andrew Little: A Future for ACC
- 11 November, 2009
*SPEECH NOTES* Unions Whanganui 'A Future for ACC' Seminar Davis Lecture Theatre Whanganui Museum Tuesday 10 November 2009 @ 5.00pm ANDREW LITTLE National Secretary Striking up a conversation about ACC with...
Read Article - Government to privatise ACC work account
- 23 October, 2009
The National-led Government has signed a deal with the ACT Party to privatise the ACC work account, effectively handing workplace accident cover over to the private insurance industry....
Read Article - ACC privatisation will cost workers up to $200m a year - EPMU
- 22 October, 2009
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says National's decision to privatise the ACC Work Account is a cynical move that will transfer up to $200 million a...
Read Article - Govt's attack on ACC based on ‘smoke and mirrors'
- 16 October, 2009
The EPMU has called for an independent review of figures used by ACC Minister Nick Smith this week to signal cuts to ACC coverage and hiking of...
Read Article - ACC cuts a needless attack on working Kiwis - EPMU
- 14 October, 2009
The Government's decision to hike ACC levies and cut entitlements is a needless and cynical attack on New Zealand workers, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. ...
Read Article - Smith's ACC figures smoke and mirrors - independent review needed
- 12 October, 2009
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is calling for an independent review of figures used by ACC Minister Nick Smith to signal cuts to ACC coverage and...
Read Article - ACC figures ‘accounting trickery'
- 9 October, 2009
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says ACC Minister Nick Smith and his handpicked board chair, John Judge, are being deliberately misleading in their assessment of ACC's financial...
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