It is hard not to come to the conclusion that the Apex Union are not only scumbags but led by scumbags too. A Newspaper reports:
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says it’s “disappointing” that a laboratory workers’ union is using the coronavirus outbreak as leverage in planned strike action.
But a senior Apex spokesman denies his union is using the outbreak as leverage and the timing was “just a coincidence”.
I suppose it could be a coincidence. It may also be a coincidence that one of the union bosses has a nasty habit of using stand-over tactics like this in order to get his own way. It may also be a coincidence that he thinks nothing of repeatedly breaching people’s privacy in order to score petty points. It may also be a coincidence that the Ombudsmen have forced him to be a lot more forthcoming with OIA requests that he has deliberately dragged the chain on?
Apex, which represents DHB Medical Laboratory Workers and NZ Blood Service employees across New Zealand, announced plans to strike this Friday.
The industrial action is in support of achieving a fair offer to settle their multi-employer collective agreement (MECA).
Apex released a statement at 1pm this afternoon – the same time as Bloomfield’s daily Covid-19 updates.
Senior Apex spokesman David Munro said the industrial action was on top of ongoing partial strikes, which will be running until May.
NZ Herald
What a bunch of scumbags. The government is asking businesses to think about what they can do to assist with the COVID-19 virus outbreak that threatens to nobble our economy, not to mention likely infect 50% of the population, and all these scumbags can do is try to line their own pockets.
Unions and Employers are required to negotiate in good faith. David Munro‘s actions appear to be the antithesis of good faith.
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