http://fightback.org.nz/2012/08/01/mine-safety-under-scrutiny/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://fightback.org.nz/2012/08/01/mine-safety-under-scrutiny/#comment-17001 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:46:19 +0000 http://workersparty.org.nz/?p=6610#comment-17001 I would agree a NZ Miners Union should be considered. A NZ Miner’s Union is more likely to actively promote union awareness and address safety concerns in all sectors of the mining workplace. Instead current union comments like ‘we can’t be everywhere’ & ‘if they want to join they can find the information’ helps ensure workplace practices leave people vulnerable and shows little understanding of the person working in the industry. A person working an arduous 12 hour shift, with day/night shifts and only a few days off in between, one which will be sleeping and the Filipino worker with limited English and little local knowledge need greater support than an apparently stretched large union can presently provide.

]]> http://fightback.org.nz/2012/08/01/mine-safety-under-scrutiny/#comment-16986 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:12:48 +0000 http://workersparty.org.nz/?p=6610#comment-16986 What is needed is an NZ Miners Union. Being part of a large union, which includes printers for example, defeats concentration on the issues. If we had a single Miners Union then maybe Pike River would still be in production. (I had shares in Pike).

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