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Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under the ‘PTOM’ privatisation experiment that must end now, FIRST Union said today. The Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) is a framework developed in 2009 between Government, councils and private operators like NZ Bus that underpins the delivery of bus services around the country, and represents the most recent iteration in a series of mo...

Government told to include fully funded ambulance services in health reform 28 Apr, 2021 11:11 PM 3 minutes to read Rolling ambulance services into Health NZ is vital, a First Union spokesperson says. Photo / Michael Craig Rolling ambulance services into Health NZ is vital, a First Union spokesperson says. Photo / Michael Craig RNZ By Adam Jacobson of RNZ The Government is being told its huge health system overhaul should include a fully funded ambulance service. In countries like the United Kingdom and Canada, ambulances are paid for by their governments - but here in Aotearoa the St John se...

Press Release – First Union Last weeks illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply arent fit to run New Zealands bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under … Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under the ‘PTOM’ privatisation experiment that must end now, FIRST ...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:57 am Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under the ‘PTOM’ privatisation experiment that must end now, FIRST Union said today. The Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) is a framework developed in 2009 between Government, councils and private operators like NZ Bus that underpins the delivery of bus services around the country, and represents the most ...

The government is being told its huge health system overhaul should include a fully funded ambulance service. The St John ambulance service relies in part on donations and volunteers. File image Photo: St John / Supplied In countries like the United Kingdom and Canada, ambulances are paid for by their governments - but here in Aotearoa the St John service service relies in part on donations and volunteers. First Union said the upcoming Health New Zealand initiative - which will see the district health boards turned into a single entity - was an opportune moment for change. Funding from the g...