Several migrant groups have come together as FAM –
Federation of Aotearoa Migrants.
FAM is here to
amplify migrant voices and to highlight issues endured by
migrants due to the broken immigration system in Aotearoa
New Zealand
Our requests are simple:
The ever-moving goal post of getting
residence - Give residence now to those already
here
Migrant worker exploitation is never ending -
Detach visas from employers
Visa processing delays
cause havoc for migrant lives – allocate more resources at
INZ
Unite separated families - Reset immigration
policy and overhaul INZ
Frustration of adversely
affected migrants has found its way through numerous
Press Release – Federation of Aotearoa Migrants
Several migrant groups have come together as FAM – Federation of Aotearoa Migrants.
FAM is here to amplify migrant voices and to highlight issues endured by migrants due to the broken immigration system in Aotearoa New Zealand
Our requests are simple:
The ever-moving goal post of getting residence – Give residence now to those already here
Migrant worker exploitation is never ending – Detach visas from employers
Visa processing delays cause havoc for migrant lives – allocate more resources at INZ
Unite separated families – Reset immigration policy and overhaul INZ
Frustration of adversely affected migrants has found its way through numerous petitions to Parliament in the past year. As a result, the House is debating immigration on Thursday 13 May in the afternoon.
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Today, on International Workers Day, we announce the launch of a new union:
UTU for Workers Union
. Our mission is to build a working class, grassroot, campaigning movement to stop exploitation and end workplace abuse in Aotearoa-New Zealand.Â
The Working Class Challenge
The international trade union movement is in a fight for relevancy to the majority of the working class. Decades of relentless attacks on the workersâ movement have been devastating.Â
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In our country, out of over 1.5 million private sector workers, less than one in fourteen (7%) are members of a union. If we exclude the large private companies, unionisation in the private sector is effectively non-existent. More than half of the workers employed in the private sector do not even have the option to join a trade union nor be covered by a collective agreement.Â