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Friday, 18 May 2012
17 May 2012 9:05 a.m.

Meat workers unite in protest

Locked out Eastern Bay employees of a Rangiuru meat processing plant, will this weekend march in protest.

They're being joined by affected workers from throughout the North Island, iwi, and local MPs, to voice frustration at Talleys owned Affco.

Rangiuru workers representative, Whakatane's Kaipara McGarvey says the main road in Te Puke will be shut for the two hour protest.

He says families are desperate for some form of agreement between Affco and the Meat Workers Union.

He explains they have contingents coming from Hamilton, Whanganui, Wairoa and Moerewa.

Mr McGarvey says they also have other unions who'll be coming to the Bay for the march - the Trans and Rail union, MUNZ union and New Zealand First union.

He says the whole ordeal has become much greater than the original dispute.

He believes anyone concerned about the Government's new Labour legislation should attend Saturday's protest.

Mr McGarvey says it's no longer a fight between the union and the local meat plants, but is now about all New Zealanders.

He says the Government's intending to pass a law saying in the first 30 days of employment, new employees can't join any collective agreement.

He believes it's a bill to protect the big corporations, and that everyone's affected.
 

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