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Posted by Office On May - 20 - 2011 Comments Off

Collective Agreement bargaining 25 and 26 May On Wednesday we had a delegates meeting to prepare for the negotiations for a new CEA which occur next Wednesday and Thursday 25 and 26 May.. We have received a draft Collective Agreement from the employer. It is similar to our expired CEA but for example it does include a positive gain in the 10 days sick leave per year after 6 months. There are some other elements  [ Read More ]

Posted by Office On May - 20 - 2011 Comments Off

Health and Safety in Lichfield St Building Members reported on impact of 5.3 quake on Tuesday 10 May. Damage to supporting pillar upstairs to be fixed by metal support. Then further re-inspection. Time for re-entry put back. Landlord expects to have to put in 76 extra struts to building to meet new code. Martin reported on meeting with HCNZ management on May 9 and checklist of items to be in place before re-entry to Lichfield  [ Read More ]

Posted by Office On May - 4 - 2011 Comments Off

CEA update – Rick and Mike and I met again on Monday 2 May after work to send a (hopefully) final list of potential points about our CEA to IRD. We appreciate members have ongoing questions about the delay in settlement and payout but we need to get the wording round the CEA correct before putting it to you for ratification. We appreciate that the earthquake has meant further delay when we were already at  [ Read More ]