Press Release – Socialist Equality Group
The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand is holding a public meeting on Saturday July 17 at 4:00 PM to discuss the way forward for bus drivers in Wellington, and the need to build rank-and-file committees. We call on workers and students throughout …
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The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand is holding a public meeting on Saturday July 17 at 4:00 PM to discuss the way forward for bus drivers in Wellington, and the need to build rank-and-file committees. We call on workers and students throughout NZ and internationally to take part in this important discussion. Please register here to attend on Zoom: shorturl.at/ayJKS
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Some Wellington bus customers will face disruptions to their travel on Tuesday 13 July between 9.30am and 1.30pm as Tranzurban drivers attend a Tramways Union meeting. Metlink general manager, Scott Gallacher says, This disruption only affects a …
Some Wellington bus customers will face disruptions to their travel on Tuesday 13 July between 9.30am and 1.30pm as Tranzurban drivers attend a Tramways Union meeting.
Metlink general manager, Scott Gallacher says, “This disruption only affects a part of our network, so customers can rest assured that the vast majority of our bus services will run as usual.”
The Union meeting will not affect school services, but customers using off-peak services that are on Tranzurban routes will face service cancellations.
Online meeting: The Wellington bus drivers dispute and the case for rank-and-file committees The Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand is holding a public meeting on Saturday July 17 at 4:00 PM (New Zealand time) to discuss the way forward for bus drivers in Wellington, and the need to build rank-and-file committees. We call on workers and students throughout NZ and internationally to take part in this important discussion. Please registerhere to attend on Zoom.
The forum will be addressed by members of the SEG in New Zealand and the Socialist Equality Party in Australia, as well as David O’Sullivan, a member of the London Bus Rank-and-File Committee and the Socialist Equality Party in the UK. O’Sullivan was sacked for upholding workers’ rights to health and safety, during the pandemic, that has killed more than 60 London bus workers, almost 130,000 people in the UK, and more than 4 million worldwide.
The number 1 route is among hundreds of bus services expected to be cancelled on Tuesday. Tramways Union secretary Kevin O’Sullivan said Tuesday’s meeting would focus on plans to establish a regional pay agreement that would apply consistently across the four bus operators in the wider Wellington area. Metlink general manager Scott Gallacher said the vast majority of the city’s bus services will run as usual. “Whilst some of our services will be impacted, Metlink supports any Union members attending this important meeting,” he said. “The key thing for customers is to please check before you travel as there will be individual trips affected rather than entire routes”.
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