Workers Memorial Day – little to show for it from government

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Source: Labour Party – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Workers Memorial Day – little to show for it from government

At a time when we are killing one worker a week we need to make sure we are doing everything possible to get attitudes and workplace culture right, something the government’s contradictory law changes are unlikely to do, Labour’s spokesperson on Labour issues Andrew Little says.

“Workers’ Memorial Day is observed worldwide on 28 April to remember those who have died at work and to reflect on what more is needed to prevent workplace death and injury.

“Workplace regulation has a vital role to play in shaping culture and attitudes to health and safety, and ultimately the best health and safety performance comes down to workers having the knowledge and confidence to challenge unsafe practices, including by management.

“Although the Government has put up a health and safety bill with improved worker participation, it will be totally meaningless alongside its employment law changes which are designed to shut down the voice of workers and give employers unilateral powers.

“Minister of Labour Simon Bridges is deluded if he thinks the combination of these law changes, both currently going through Parliament, is going to lead to a better health and safety culture, saving more lives and preventing more injuries.

“I have personally seen the harrowing aftermath of workplace deaths and no family should go through the turmoil of seeing one of their own leave for work and never return because of poor workplace practices.

“Labour is committed to ensuring workers’ right to have a say on health and safety and refuse to do unsafe work is properly protected, and that our health and safety regulation is a properly tri-partite one,” says Andrew Little.

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1 COMMENT

  1. A large part of our forest has been sold off to overseas interests.
    Key and Brownlee continue to cuddle up to their foreign masters or extended families in the shady world of investment capitalism.

    Oil & Gas ( one of Key’s companies) drove the Pike River fiasco in the wake of National party pushing reduction in worker protection.

    Killing workers is a minor political distraction to the ilk of investors championed by the National party.

    The share market is their main gamble.

    Public opinion is clouded with media bias favouring the ruling network within the business sector. So much crap is ladled out with cliches and memes which have no factual base or are gross distortions of the truth shown by a wider more holistic view.

    Slogans and sound bytes rule.

    Analytical probing is avoided amid the clatter of populist distractions of comparatively little importance.

    The PR company budget must be very significant as Key’s image is carefully manicured with strategic management of all he does publicly. Key won’t appear before some interviewers in case his image is dented by hard questions. The present right wing swing in who is fronting TV and radio is significant.

    Such management is out of sight but very evident.

    Lives don’t matter to investor gamblers nor does poverty or inequity.

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