Thursday, 1 September, 2022 - 13:04One of New Zealand’s biggest transport unions - representing rail and port workers - has thrown its support behind a group of Kawerau workers locked out from their jobs. Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson says the Union has made a substantial donation to the Pulp and Paper Workers Union to help the workers and their families. 145 union workers have been locked out of the Kawerau paper mill for the past three weeks by their employer, the global corporate Essity. Mr Butson says unions are moving quickly to support the locked out workers and the community in the employment dispute. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is backing the Kawerau workers and has launched a new fundraising campaign as well.

Source: Stuff September 01, 2022 00:29 UTC