March 23, 2009

The Mari­time Uni­on has sav­aged a Gov­ern­ment plan to reduce hol­i­days for New Zea­l­and work­ers by per­mit­ting “cash ups” of the fourth week of annu­al leave.

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says that the plan will effect­ively force ordin­ary work­ers to give up a weeks hol­i­day while per­mit­ting well-paid exec­ut­ives and man­agers to spend more time at the beach.