Members are reminded that completed nomination forms for Local Secretary, President, Vice President and Committee members must be received by the relevant Returning Officer no later than 5pm on the 29th May 2025.
The requirements, forms, and relevant Returning Officer contact details were all included in the original notices calling for nominations for each Local distributed on 1 May, which can still be accessed here.
In unity,
Wattie Watson
National Secretary
Members will no doubt be aware of the major 5th Alarm fire that broke out last night on the North Shore. This fire had widespread impacts to people across Tamaki Makaurau with several Emergency Alerts having to be made. Additionally, our thoughts go out the local community, including the owner, tenants, and staff of the businesses impacted.
Members will no doubt be aware of Wednesday's major fire in a scrapyard in Papakura. Whilst the cause of this fire is still under investigation what is known is that the impacts of it were widespread right across Auckland.
We have been told that staff wanting to do Return to Work Duties will have to do them at District HQ and they do not intend to reimburse your travel costs, “you are getting an enhanced pay and you can fund your own travel”. We have since got an agreement that the travel distance reimbursement will be paid for travel to District HQ.