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 ]
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NUPE – MSD met yesterday to recommence bargaining after the interruption of the Christchurch earthquake. The day was focused on ensuring both parties agreed on where claims and issues were at and clarifying matters if required. The next dates for bargaining will be on 5th, 6th May. A full newsletter with dates will be published on the website after the next meeting. Les will visit MOJ Staff while he is in Auckland next Tuesday, [ Read More ]
CYF / NUPE Bargaining 2011 General Agreement Update NUPE and CYF will continue bargaining on 7 April in Wellington. We will update you after this time so watch this space. The Ministry of Fisheries forum was held in Wellington on Wednesday 23 March where various concerns were discussed . The main feature was a briefing form the Deputy Chief Executive on the merger into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. A Union/Management forum with AsureQuality [ Read More ]
• All the Organisers are now working from their new offices. • Office telephones are not setup yet but all organisers can be reached on their cell phones and by email : martin@nupe.org.nz Janice@nupe.org.nz Les@nupe.org.nz Lynda@nupe.org.nz Nadine@nupe.org.nz • The fax machine is still not accessible so if you sent a fax in the last 4 weeks please resend it by post to: NUPE, PO Box 13032, Armagh, Christchurch or scan and email to officeadmin@nupe.org.nz • [ Read More ]
15 March – 2pm CDHB Briefing on post earthquake future. NB Executive Meeting has been postponed – date TBA. See report coming soon
Good news! We managed to get some of our essential material from our yellow stickered building in the central city – as much as can be grabbed in 10 minutes! It was heart-breaking to see the devastation but we were thankful that we were able to enter the building under escort. Also good is that we’re in the process of getting setup at our new premises in Cranford St where we met today to discuss [ Read More ]
NUPE organisers and an Executive member are today attempting to retrieve material from the yellow stickered NUPE office at 199 Armagh St prior to setting up at our new location at 520 Cranford Street in the city’s north west. Les Bryce and Aynsley Ridder have been attending early morning meetings at the cordon edges and at the Art Gallery over the last week trying for permission to access vital files from the Trade Union Centre [ Read More ]
NUPE organisers met again today in one of the staff homes to continue our regrouping post the EQ. We aim to relocate to a building outside the CBD in the next week. As with all the people of Chch we are determined to make the union better after the regroup and rebuild than before – more effective and more accessible to our members. We have to do this while remaining focused on the current needs [ Read More ]
NUPE is working to prioritise advice to our Chch members affected by the earthquake. We see our union moving forward from the EQ occurring in four stages, beginning with • Dealing with the personal and family aftermath of 12.51pm on 22 Feb. • Regrouping as a union based in Christchurch that has lost its home base in the CDB. • Short to medium term rebuilding in a manner that learns from what has occurred. • [ Read More ]