All Posts Tagged With: "Employment Relations Act"
Back Toward Serfdom in New Zealand
In the September 2000 issue of this magazine I reported that the Labour Party in New Zealand, at the behest of labor unions, had repealed the 1991 Employment Contracts Act (ECA), which had abolished compulsory unionism there. In its place was substituted the Employment Relations Act (ERA) to help unions reverse their drastic decline in [...]
1Apr2004 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedA Light Goes Out in New Zealand
I have often referred to New Zealand’s 1991 Employment Contracts Act (ECA) as a model of voluntary unionism that we in the United States would be wise to emulate. Notwithstanding its shortcomings—including its mandatory personal grievance provisions, its creation of the specialist Employment Court, and its failure to do anything about the minimum-wage law—the ECA [...]
1Sep2000 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | Continued-
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