Labor movement publishes COVID-19 vaccination policy
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi today released its COVID-19 vaccination policy.
CTU President Richard Wagstaff said: “We are encouraging employers to do the right thing and support the team of 5 million people, including all working New Zealanders, to get vaccinated completely.”
“The labor movement proudly encourages anyone who can to get vaccinated. Vaccines are collective action; they work best when we get them all.
“Employers need to do everything possible to support people and make it as easy as possible to vaccinate employees. Concretely, this means being able to be vaccinated during paid working time.
“Providing precise and clear information about the workplace is another practical thing that employers can do. This includes a zero tolerance approach to misinformation disseminated with the intention of scaring and angering people. “
“The goal is for people to want to be vaccinated because they understand the benefits for themselves and for the people they love. But if people don’t want to be vaccinated, their employer must not be able to. If someone is playing a role that requires them to be fully immunized then we recommend that the worker be redeployed to a different role within the organization as negotiated with the individual and their union. “
“Frontline workers have paved the way for vaccination – now is the time for everyone to get vaccinated, together we are the strongest,” Wagstaff said.
© Scoop Media
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together more than 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice of workers and their families in New Zealand.
So far, the horse racing journalism surrounding the rise in the Party Act polls has not given much consideration to the policies that a law-influenced government would pursue. During this honeymoon phase – giddily, David Seymour is asked if he is now the real leader of the opposition – Act has carte blanche to present himself as everyone else. For now, Act is the home base for almost anyone with a grievance. According to its leader, Act is the party that listens and responds with concrete solutions … More >>
45 new cases of Covid-19 have been discovered in Auckland after a period of decline. 969 of Auckland’s cases have recovered so far … More >>
