Posted by: working4u
on 04, Feb, 2011
Proof that you can do anything with words. Anything at all. The following magnificent sentence comes from the Government explanatory notes on changes to the ERA:
[On union access to workplaces] “Providing more discretion to employers over how and when unions can access workplaces could result in stronger working relationships between employers and unions because employers would feel more in control of who is visiting, and when.”
Don’t you think that’s clever?
And if unions were banned altogether, ooooh, just think how strong the working relationship would be!
Posted by: Cynic
on 02, Dec, 2010
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teachers ,
STCA ,
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PPTA ,
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NZEI ,
negotiations ,
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Ministry of Education ,
industrial action ,
Entrenchment ,
Employment Relations Act ,
education spending ,
education politics ,
conditions ,
collective agreement ,
bargaining
Entrenchment refers to a clause in the NZEI primary teachers' collective agreement. This clause is an agreement between NZEI and the MoE, it means that any increases in pay made to PPTA members will also be offered to NZEI members.
If NZEI members accept the offer, being taken out to them by their executive, they will receive an immediate pay-rise.
PPTA members have rejected the miserly mixed up offers of the Ministry - and have said they will continue to fight for improved teaching and learning conditions in secondary schools.
Posted by: Helen Kelly
on 20, Jul, 2010
Tagged in:
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unions ,
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NZCTU ,
Kate Wilkinson ,
John Key ,
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Employment Relations Act ,
employment
You will all be aware by now of the employment law changes announced at the weekend.
It is our understanding that all these changes are subject to the full select committee process but they can at any time invoke urgency as they did in December 2008.
These changes come on top of the original 90 day law in December 2008 rushed through under urgency, the limits being proposed to how unions conduct strike ballots, the requirement to agree on meal and refreshment break times, the axing of the Pay and Employment Equity Unit, the cut in union education funding, and the cuts in ACC entitlements.
Below we briefly summarise the changes announced which, in almost all cases, unions will oppose.
Posted by: blogger
on 03, Apr, 2009
By Winged Rodent
Consensus n. agreement (of opinion, testimony, etc.) - The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Perhaps deputy secretary for schooling Anne Jackson (or her communications staff) should have looked the word up before announcing that "all" sector groups had worked hard to achieve "consensus" on the Ministry of Education's guidelines to changes to the Employment Relations Act involving breaks.
