After more than four hours underneath the big top outside the Tisbury school, residents approved a more than $30 million operating budget, $5 million in roadway improvements, and a number of changes to planning, practice, and personnel that prepare the town for the future. Back-to-back annual and special town meetings made for a marathon day, […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: MIQ staff feel unable to report breaches, says union
9 May, 2021 06:43 PM
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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces a pause on quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales on Thursday evening. Video / Derek Cheng
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces a pause on quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales on Thursday evening. Video / Derek Cheng
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A union is worried that MIQ is a difficult place to speak up when workers see something wrong.
Each hotel now has its own health and safety committee, with 130 workers across the country selected as representatives in January and most meeting for the first time in April.
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Each hotel has just got its own health and safety committee, with 130 workers across the country selected as representatives in January and most meeting for the first time in April.
However, Unite spokesperson John Crocker said his union has been asking for more of a worker voice for months, with avoidable health and safety problems in the meantime like breaches, staff shortages and missed tests. There is a disappointment that it s taken too long, he said. We ve seen problems, we ve seen breaches, we ve seen conduct that the public and the media have called into question. We think, had we had thorough worker engagement, then we could have ironed some of those out along the way.