Sunday, 4 July 2021, 5:06 pm
More than a week ago, drivers employed by NZ Bus in
Wellington voted against a sellout deal hatched by the
Tramways Union and management. The offer, the third that the
drivers have rejected, would have increased hourly wages to
just two dollars above the legal minimum, while cutting
overtime and weekend rates.
During the ratification
meeting on June 23, drivers angrily denounced the union for
promoting the agreement in the media, and for seeking to
pressure workers into approving it. Union officials had
distributed a memo declaring that if drivers voted against
the rotten deal, they would face drawn-out industrial action