The closure of the Triboard Mill in Kaitaia, and its effects on the small town’s economy, features heavily in today’s Union News. President Sandra Grey was interviewed by Stuff/THREE News on her thoughts about who should be the next finance minister.
Union coverage
- NZCTU – Union boss urges National to keep ACT away from finance, workplace relations portfolios | Stuff
- NZCTU – Businesses feeling the uncertainty as wait election results still in limbo | Stuff / THREE News (YouTube video)
- NZCTU – Behind bank AI drives, is ‘efficiency’ code for job loss? | The Post
- PSA – Red-green wave washes over Wellington, but city’s future hangs on special votes | The Post (paywalled)
- TEU – Canterbury University staff holding back grades over pay talks | RNZ (includes Checkpoint audio)
- Workers First – Northland wood mill to cease operations under closure or sale proposal | Stuff
- Workers First – Kaitāia mill could close in months with 157 jobs at risk | RNZ
- Workers First – Triboard Mill workers face fresh uncertainty as Juken consults on future | NZ Herald
- Workers First – The Warehouse staff defecating in distribution centre aisles, union alleges | RNZ
Employment
- Explainer: Can my employer force me to take annual leave over Christmas? | RNZ
- ‘No future here for them’: Cafe owner despairs for Kaitāia’s young people | RNZ
- Ministers dragged feet on support for Kaitāia mill; now it’s too late | Newsroom
- Lines worker falls to death in Marlborough | Otago Daily Times
- ‘Sobering’: Review ordered over former Lotto presenter finds swathe of issues at Ministry of Justice | RNZ
- Former health employee Garry Gorham sentenced to six months’ detention over Auckland DHB bribes | NZ Herald
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