manufactured in New Zealand, but for how long?
The EPMU is at least a little concerned about 350 jobs going offshore in Fisher & Paykel's leap overseas, but even they seem fairly resigned to the nature of New Zealand's current economic climate. One of the reasons given, however, is the Thai labour market.
No doubt things are a little more business-friendly there, as the Thai Labour Campaign explains. One sad feature of modern unionism is the lack of international solidarity, where unions represent only the interests of their own workers, often with little or no consideration for worker rights abroad. If Fisher & Paykel won't be providing similar labour conditions and effective pay rates to those in New Zealand, isn't there a moral issue at stake here too? It will be interesting to see what kind of conditions our washing machines will be made under after the move to Thailand is made.
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