No place seen for small unions
New Zealand cannot afford the luxury of small and inefficient unions, said the Canterbury regional secretary of the Public Service Association, Mr John McKenzie, in Christchurch yesterday.
Mr McKenzie said he agreed with the Minister of Labour, Mr Rodger, who wanted to see unions combine into bigger groups. He believed strongly that a New Zealand Council of Trade Unions should be formed and said it was unfortunate that the debate on this was revolving round personalities.
Members of the P.S.A. had to get over their fears of being governed by the Federation of Labour president, Mr Jim Knox, and the F.O.L. had to get over its concern about being tied to the P.S.A. Mr McKenzie said that New Zealand’s industrial relations were in a shambles. Neither employers nor unions wanted to face up to the reality of industrial relations in the 1980 s.
“We might try to stick our chest out but we have very few vital statistics to be proud of in industrial relations in New Zealand,” Mr McKenzie said.
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