Press Release – Road Transport Forum Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki …
Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki tua Road to success.
“On the back of research that we conducted last year, trucking operators clearly identified a shortage of drivers being a problem for their businesses,” Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett says.
Press Release – Road Transport Forum
Today, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood joined the Road Transport Forum to launch a traineeship dedicated to the road transport industry – Te ara ki tua Road to success.
“On the back of research that we conducted last year, trucking operators clearly identified a shortage of drivers being a problem for their businesses,” Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett says.
“We believe in industry solving its own problems where possible, so we decided the time was right for a dedicated truck driver traineeship, run by the RTF for the industry we represent.
• Source: 1 NEWS
Your playlist will load after this ad New research by the organisation suggests about $3 billion of imports brought into New Zealand each year can be linked to modern slavery. Source: Breakfast
New research commissioned by World Vision suggests New Zealand consumers spend on average $34 per week on risky goods linked to child and forced labour.
At least 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery more than during the height of the transatlantic slave trade.
The new study found about $3 billion worth of imports into the country every year could be linked to modern slavery. Risky goods include clothes, electronics, footwear, toys, furniture, bananas and coffee.