COVID-19 vaccination update

The COVID-19 vac­cine is now rolling out at ports and many of our mem­bers as essen­tial work­ers will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to be vac­ci­nat­ed.

MUNZ encour­ages all mem­bers to take advan­tage of this vac­cine to pro­tect your­self, your fam­i­ly, your work­mates and the wider com­mu­ni­ty.

The Gov­ern­ment has gone through a very strin­gent process, and the advice of qual­i­fied pub­lic health offi­cials is to be vac­ci­nat­ed if pos­si­ble. MUNZ has attend­ed meet­ings with Gov­ern­ment offi­cials about this issue.

In some cas­es, indi­vid­u­als may not wish to be vac­ci­nat­ed – due to oth­er health con­di­tions, or per­son­al objec­tion or con­cerns about the vac­cine.

Vac­ci­na­tion is not com­pul­so­ry and while some employ­ers are say­ing it is, this is not the case. While MUNZ would pre­fer mem­bers to vac­ci­nate vol­un­tar­i­ly, there should be no vic­tim­iza­tion of those who do not. Any breach­es should be report­ed to your branch offi­cials.

It may be that some employ­ers place non-vac­ci­nat­ed staff on dif­fer­ent duties, if this does not dis­ad­van­tage the mem­ber in ques­tion it is prob­a­bly rea­son­able, but if in doubt con­tact your branch offi­cial.

Please down­load this Vac­ci­na­tion infor­ma­tion doc­u­ment from the Gov­ern­ment for more details.

More info at:

https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/covid-19-vaccines/