The payoffs for the union funders

Stuff has details of the benefits Labour is going to provide to the unions that fund them. They are significant:

Employers will once again have a duty to conclude collective bargaining unless there is a “good reason” not to.

This means that so long as unions hold firm, the employer will be forced to eventually give in.

Prospective employees will be provided with information about unions in the workplace, and employers will have to pay union delegates for time spent reasonably representing other workers.

Employers have to promote unions to their staff and pay their staff to do union work. A huge subsidy to Labour’s paymasters.

Unions will be able to access workplaces without gaining prior consent from an employer, but will still need to come at reasonable times and not unduly interrupt business continuity.

The Police need a warrant but the union can enter at will!

New employees will again be required to be employed under terms consistent with any collective agreement for the first 30 days of their tenure.

De facto compulsory unionism with an opt out provision.

Ardern indicated earlier in the week that more controversial changes like “fair pay” laws would take more time.

This is the huge payoff. A return to national awards as in the 1970s.

The party’s plan for sector-wide fair pay agreements has seen many business leaders worried about industry-wide strikes, but Ardern has specifically ruled out allowing strike action to enforce fair pay agreements.

That’s because they have the one thing worst than strikes lined up – compulsory arbitration. Employers will be able to be forced into a national award even if every employer in the country is against it.