April 19, 2009

The Mari­time Uni­on says a just released OECD report on the New Zea­l­and eco­nomy is a polit­ic­ally driv­en doc­u­ment with a right-wing, anti-work­ing class agenda.

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says some of the “mar­ket ori­ented reforms” pro­posed by the OECD report had been so dis­cred­ited by the recent eco­nom­ic crisis and past his­tory that it was a sur­prise any­one could sug­gest them with a straight face.

“How dare the authors of this report come out and preach policies that end in cas­u­al­ized jobs, long hours, shift work and low wages for New Zea­l­and work­ers?”