The National Party has called on the PM to condemn New Zealand's Rail and Maritime Transport Union following controversial conduct
One of New Zealand’s most prominent unions has been accused of thuggish and threatening behaviour after personal information about a Lyttelton Port director was distributed to the public.
“A union organiser has been delivering fliers around Christchurch with the name and address of one of the port’s board members on them,” said Michael Woodhouse, workplace relations spokesperson for the National party.
“This is a clear attempt to get people to approach that person personally and place pressure on them to fold in behind the strikers,” he continued.
Woodhouse also called on the Prime Minister to deplore such behaviour, saying it has no place in today’s modern society.
“Jacinda Ardern and her Minister Iain Lees-Galloway need to publicly denounce this approach and make sure that these sorts of ugly tactics have no place in 21st century industrial relations,” he said.
“It’s threatening thuggish behaviour and it needs to be condemned and stopped,” he continued. “This is not the 1930s. It’s the 21st century and bully boy tactics should be long gone.”
