Kōrero: Strikes and labour disputes

Anti-Employment Contracts Act poster, 1991

Anti-Employment Contracts Act poster, 1991

The 1991 Employment Contracts Act allowed anyone, not just a union, to negotiate on behalf of employees. Unions regarded the Act as an attack on working conditions. This poster, produced by the Auckland branch of the journalists’ union JAGPRO, uses the graphic imagery of a romance comic to argue that workers need the protection of their union.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-1991-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Mark Derby, 'Strikes and labour disputes - Legislation from the 1990s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/20510/anti-employment-contracts-act-poster-1991 (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010, updated 1 Mar 2016