A union whose members worked long hours restoring basic Christchurch services after the earthquake has given $10,000 to the city.
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) made the donation yesterday.
National secretary Andrew Little presented the cheque with assistant national secretary Ged O'Connell and staff from two of the companies that restored power, water and communications.
Little said the union had received messages of "fraternal support" from unions around the world.
"Our hearts go out to all people affected by this disaster," he said.
"We know that the pain and hardship is not just about what we've seen and heard about in the news media, and that there are thousands of stories, big and small, of difficulty and struggle."
Though we oppose Andrew Little politically, we applaud this move by the EPMU. What a stark contrast it is to the self-serving publicity stunt by Matt Jones of UNITE at the weekend, assisted by Christchurch anarchists from Beyond Resistance.
We hope that Matt Jones takes note, and puts things right. In the meantime, his name is pinned to the Keeping Stock Wall of Shame!
4 comments:
The cynic in me says "nothing but vote-buying". Why else would a donation to charity from a non-entity make the news?
The cynic in me would normally think likewise PM, but these are troubled times for Christchurch, and $10k will help someone who needs it. Because of that, I'll cut Mr Little a bit of slack.
Matt Jones; there's another story!
"$10k will help someone who needs it"
Like those that were caught short uninsured?
morning hypocrites,
you applaud a lazy piss-weak Union who basically gave it's chch staff a holiday during the quake while 'shame' a unionist who was out on Sat morning helping workers who were being exploited??
where the fuck do you get off?
10k; man yr cheap eh?
xx G-sus
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