Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
23 April 2021
Sri Lanka: State bank workers’ union calls off strike without resolution
The Ceylon Bank Employees Union called off a nationwide strike of state bank employees which had been planned for Thursday. The union made the last-minute cancellation after a discussion with the finance ministry in which an “assurance” was given that the issues in dispute would be dealt with.
Workers are demanding that the state bank revise pensions of employees who joined it after 1996, establish a pension for employees of banks and offer new recruits permanent status after two years of training.
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Tramways Union members will be heading back to driving duties tomorrow following an Employment Court ruling which brings an end to NZ Bus indefinite lockout. Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter calls the ruling a victory for common sense and says …
Tramways Union members will be heading back to driving duties tomorrow following an Employment Court ruling which brings an end to NZ Bus’ indefinite lockout.
Greater Wellington Chair Daran Ponter calls the ruling a victory for common sense and says the decision will pave the way for much more positive negotiations in the coming weeks.
A win for Wellington bus users with drivers now back at work 25 April 2021
Workers went on strike on Friday over pay negotiations with their employer NZ Bus.
The company then took it a step further by issuing a lockout notice to its workers.
However, the Employment Court s issued an interim injunction against the lockout, and ordered it to be lifted.
Greater Wellington Regional Council chair Daran Ponter says it was the right decision.
He says it s extremely welcome news as Wellingtonians had the prospect of this dragging on for weeks.
Daran Ponter says it allows the parties to get back around the negotiating table.
News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
Tramways Union members will be heading back to driving duties tomorrow following an Employment Court ruling which brings an end to NZ Bus’ indefinite lockout.
Council chair Daran Ponter calls the ruling a victory for common sense and says the decision will pave the way for much more positive negotiations in the coming weeks.
“This is the news that Wellingtonians, politicians, business owners and retailers needed to hear. The lockout was threatening to leave thousands of Wellingtonians in the lurch and have a real impact on our region’s economy.
“We’ve put the living wage on the table for all of our operators and we’ve said from the start that mediation should be the first lever that both parties reach for when negotiations get tough,” says Chair Ponter.