Mentions of National Distribution Union in New Zealand Parliament debates
National Distribution Union has been mentioned in 28 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Employment Relations Amendment Bill (No 2) 2010
Second Reading 11 Nov 2010
DARIEN FENTON ... law changes, being debated in Parliament this afternoon. Margaret said that she and several other members of the National Distribution Union (NDU) wrote personal submissions and came along in person to tell their stories to MPs at the select committee.”
Employment Relations (Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 10 Nov 2010
RAHUI KATENE ... and it was inconsistent with the move to reduce the need for judicial intervention. When we went to the National Distribution Union, its advice was absolutely clear-cut that we should not support this bill. The contrary positions of these three ...
General Debate 21 Jul 2010
JONATHAN YOUNG ... the New Zealand Herald reported that the New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, the National Distribution Union, and others are meeting for a war council tomorrow and Friday. The only thing is that that war machine rolling into a ...
Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill
First Reading 5 May 2010
KEITH LOCKE ...exist; the problem is that they do not give any redundancy at all in many cases. We have a recent statement from the National Distribution Union, referring to a dozen workers who were laid off by T A Macalister Ltd without any redundancy at all, because of a ...
DARIEN FENTON ... election. I mention them by name: the Council of Trade Unions, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, the National Distribution Union, my own union the Service and Food Workers Union, the Dairy Workers Union, the Unite union, the Rail and Maritime ...
Shop Trading Hours Act 1990 Repeal (Easter Sunday Local Choice) Amendment Bill
First Reading 9 Dec 2009
Hon STEVE CHADWICK ... that we don’t feel comfortable with.” That is absolutely what the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the National Distribution Union have told me, and so have workers. They say that if they dare suggest that they want to have Easter Sunday off, they ...
Labour
Questions for Oral Answer—Answers on Behalf of Minister of Labour 27 Aug 2009
Carol Beaumont How does the Minister reconcile her statement to the Auckland District Law Society that her reason for not attending a National Distribution Union executive meeting was diary clashes, with a message to the union secretary, left by the Minister’s staff member, saying ...
Hon Trevor Mallard Why did the person who left the message on the Minister’s behalf tell the National Distribution Union that the risks of her attending the meeting were too high?
Telecom New Zealand—Employment Contract Advice 26 Aug 2009
Sue Bradford Why is the Minister refusing to meet with the National Distribution Union executive this week because, according to the Minister’s office, the Telecom workers who belong to the Engineering, ...
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP I am advised that the Minister was unable to meet the National Distribution Union because of a clash of commitments.
Sue Bradford I seek leave to table a statement from the National Distribution Union saying it was advised by the Minister’s office that the risks are too great for her to come to the meeting, and she ...
Social Development and Employment
Recession—Job Support Scheme 11 Mar 2009
Hon PAULA BENNETT ... had cooperation before the Job Summit where a lot of work was done. On the day, a lot of work was done. We heard from National Distribution Union boss, Laila Harré, who said that the Job Summit was a success and a genuinely tripartite process. We promised action ...
Prime Minister
Job Summit—Objectives and Outcomes 3 Mar 2009
Hon BILL ENGLISH The Hon Laila Harré, from the National Distribution Union, said: “I think it will certainly achieve something; I think it already has. It’s brought a sort of new approach to ...
Taxation (Urgent Measures and Annual Rates) Bill
First Reading 9 Dec 2008
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... families to be together. I want to know whether that was explained to Mr Harawira. Will he come with me back to the National Distribution Union? He and I had a very good session with the Northern Distribution Union. He made a pile of commitments. He did not ...
Employment Relations (Breaks, Infant Feeding and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 7 Aug 2008
HONE HARAWIRA ... a new minimum wage structure. If these horror stories are not enough, here is another one from Laila Harré from the National Distribution Union, who told the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee about an employee in a high-end dress shop. The employee was ...
Third Readings 24 Jul 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... Farmers, Air New Zealand, Fonterra, the Hospitality Standards Institute, Ngāi Tahu, Meat and Wool New Zealand, the National Distribution Union, Zespri, Business New Zealand, the Seafood Industry Council, and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Having said that,...
New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill
In Committee 23 Jul 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... Farmers, Air New Zealand, Fonterra, the Hospitality Standards Institute, Ngāi Tahu, Meat and Wool New Zealand, the National Distribution Union, Zespri, Business New Zealand, the Seafood Industry Council, the Wellington chamber of commerce, and many others. The ...
General Debate 18 Jun 2008
SUE BRADFORD ... bubble pops after dairy has steamrolled over and irrigated under all our farms and forests? Laila Harré from the National Distribution Union, formerly a member of this House, says of the Government’s apparent belief that the only manufacturing worth nurturing ...
Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill
Second Reading 21 May 2008
KATE WILKINSON ... in the first place? Well, that answer may indeed be addressed in the recommendations of one of the submitters, the National Distribution Union, which “urged the committee to recommend that the scope of the bill be extended to include an extension of collective ...
Economic Development
Economic Development, Ministry—Grant Programmes 17 Apr 2008
Chris Tremain How does awarding $90,000 from the Buy Kiwi Made Sector and Regional Initiatives Fund to the National Distribution Union in an election year, so that it can advertise the Government’s message to its own members, provide good value for ...
Chris Tremain ... lacked demonstrable economic merits, but then turned round and found $90,000 in the second funding round so that the National Distribution Union could advertise the Government’s own advertising to National Distribution Union members, their non-union colleagues, ...
Chris Tremain ... to include more funding for Labour’s union mates and more funding for Government advertising, and can we expect the National Distribution Union’s promotion of Government messages to be completed before this year’s election?
Hon TREVOR MALLARD Given the fact that Phil O’Reilly has had twice as much funding as the National Distribution Union, I think the member should just have a little look at the facts that he received and that are there. That member should ...
Taxation (Annual Rates of Income Tax 2007-08) Bill, Taxation (Business Taxation and Remedial Matters) Bill, Taxation (KiwiSaver) Bill - Third Readings
Third Readings 12 Dec 2007
Dr PITA SHARPLES ... with KiwiSaver. We are pleased to note that following advocacy from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Distribution Union, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation the minimum employee contribution will be reduced to 2 percent in order to ...
Taxation (Annual Rates, Business Taxation, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Bill
In Committee 12 Dec 2007
CHRIS TREMAIN ... the unions, who felt that the full benefits of the KiwiSaver scheme should apply to 16 and 17-year-olds. Both the National Distribution Union and the Council of Trade Unions were most vocal on this particular aspect of the legislation. The Council of Trade ...
Second Reading 4 Dec 2007
HONE HARAWIRA ... families, even $10 is $10 too much. We support the recommendations of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Distribution Union, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation about reducing the worker’s contribution to 2 percent in order to encourage ...
Minimum Wage (New Entrants) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 5 Sep 2007
SUE BRADFORD ... ensure that this bill got through. Above all, I would like to pay my respects to two particular trade unions, the National Distribution Union and my own union, Unite!, which both put a huge effort in people power and resources into mobilising against ...
In Committee 15 Aug 2007
KEITH LOCKE ... employment. Often they do not want to talk back to the employer, and a lot of them are not unionised. Unite! and the National Distribution Union are gaining members in the industries that employ young people, but a lot of those young people are still not ....
Second Reading 25 Jul 2007
SUE BRADFORD ... the idea of the new entrants rate, surely 1 month would be long enough, rather than 3, 6, or even 9 months. The National Distribution Union, one of the main unions representing young workers, says: “Our numbers show that 50 percent of 16 and 17 year olds ...
DARIEN FENTON ... than for 5 weeks or 200 hours as in the proposal that has come forward. Finally, I would just like to say that the National Distribution Union, which has been very active on this particular bill, says in its press release today that it is urging Parliament to ...
KEITH LOCKE ... unions are not giving up. Darien Fenton, who spoke before me, referred to the press release put out today by the National Distribution Union—a union of which I am a proud member. The National Distribution Union, along with Unite! and the Council of Trade Union’s...
Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2006
Second Reading 30 Aug 2006
HONE HARAWIRA ... to prevent Progressive Enterprises from bringing in contractors to do the work of the locked out workers. The National Distribution Union and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union are filing on behalf of workers who service up to 150 Countdown, ...
Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 16 May 2007
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... morning. I was inspired by a letter addressed to our senior Government whip, Tim Barnett, from an official of the National Distribution Union, which does a great job protecting workers in a whole range of industries. I want to commit this letter to Hansard—if ...
SUE BRADFORD ... from anywhere in New Zealand. So who opposes the bill? Retail workers oppose the bill. The retail workers union the National Distribution Union opposes the bill, and its national and retail secretaries Laila Harré and Maxine Gay have been running a tireless ...
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... to consult with Māori is specifically prohibited by the select committee, we have to ask what that is about. The National Distribution Union has spoken with us—like others, no doubt—about the possibility of exemptions being granted according to criteria, in ...
First Reading 14 Jun 2006
STEVE CHADWICK ... Sunday, unless both the employer and the employee agree. The bill passes the New Zealand Bill of Rights vetting. The National Distribution Union, the Retailers Association, chambers of commerce, and Local Government New Zealand support the bill being jointly ...
Budget Debate 24 May 2006
SUE BRADFORD ... The launch was attended by representatives from the local council, Business New Zealand, Textiles New Zealand, the National Distribution Union, the Clothing, Laundry, and Footwear Workers Union, and the Buy New Zealand Made campaign. Since that launch, I have ...
Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Bill
Consideration of Interim Report of Transport and Industrial Relations Committee 3 May 2006
Hon MARK GOSCHE ... this process. We heard from workers who came along and said they have flexibility beyond belief. They came from the National Distribution Union and told us that their hours are so flexible that they do not know what their hours will be tomorrow. That is the sort ...
General Debate 29 Mar 2006
KEITH LOCKE ... Hancock, Director of the Foundation for Peace Studies Aotearoa / New Zealand; Laila Harré, National Secretary of the National Distribution Union; Edwina Hughes, Coordinator of Peace Movement Aotearoa; and the President and the Vice-president of the Women’s ...