Despite Paula Bennett’s premature claim today that the tide has turned on those claiming the unemployment benefit, those redundancies keep on rolling in.
Today’s announcements include iconic firm Fairydown’s proposed move to China, affecting 25 jobs and the loss of all 75 jobs with the closure of Sea Health Foods, south of Nelson.
That’s 100 in just one day and it’s an easy guess that at least 75 of the workers affected will not be receiving redundancy compensation.
And it’s not just those losing their jobs. On Wednesday, PSA members at Parliament will rally to protest at their employer’s efforts to make it easier and cheaper to lay them off by slashing their redundancy agreement. They join the many workers who are facing similar demands from their employers.
So, please join the thousands signing the petition and the postcards going to John Key. He needs to support the Redundancy Protection Bill to deliver fairness to New Zealand workers.
I am sure he’s going see sense.
Goodluck with that petition!
Surely the public would want there to be an “authorised by” tag at the bottom… All though not legally necessary Labour does not want to get into a “do as I say not do as I do” cycle.
@kiwiteen – for goodness sake, the parties and unions involved in the redundancy protection bill are quite evident on the website and campaign postcard. The campaign is not being funded by the Labour Party.