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Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today and may I congratulate you on your great sense of timing. Last week I would have had to talk about what Labour proposed to do if elected for a second term in government, but after Saturday's victory I am now in a position to tell you what my government will do for the country's employment relations over the next three years.

Biennial Conference New Zealand Engineers Union,
Wednesday, July 17 2002

I move that the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

Work, Family and Democracy

I move, that the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.

Wednesday, 5 December 2001Speech Notes
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill – first reading

Mr Speaker, I move,

“that the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill be now read for a first time”.

Speech Notes
EMA Conference:Managing Leave and the Holidays Act November 15, 2001

EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY

Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you.

10 October 2001Speech Notes

Mr Speaker, I move that the Employment Relations (Validation of Union Registration and Other Matters) Amendment Bill be read for the first time.

Monday, 8 October 2001Speech Notes

Introduction

Thank you for the invitation to address you today.

2000 WHITLAM LECTURE
NEW ZEALAND'S PATH FORWARD

A PLAN FOR WORKING
TOGETHER FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND FAIRNESS

HON MARGARET WILSON
MINISTER OF LABOUR

8 December 2000

Thank you for the invitation to address you today.

It is a good week for the labour movement.

Welcome to the launch of WorkSafe Week and the Safe Work at Height Roadshow

WorkSafe Week is about raising awareness of the unacceptable costs of failures in workplace health and safety.

It's good to be here to celebrate the partnership between management and staff at Manukau City Council.

Our workplaces exist in a world in which our people are free to leave and find work somewhere else.

Thank you for inviting me to address this important combined conference.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Employment Relations Bill be now read a third time.

I'm delighted to be here for two reasons.

One is that I believe no one will raise a point of order about a fruitcake.

The other is that it is wonderful to be able to talk about good news on Health and Safety.

The Employment Relations legislation has been portrayed by the Opposition as a measure simply to benefit unions.

Prophecies and profits

Eight weeks from now, New Zealand workplaces will be governed by a new law.

I first came into contact with the then Auckland Engineers Union when I was a student. I went to the union offices to get help on a university paper. I made a link which has remained for more than 30 years.

The Employment Relations Bill will make it easier for businesses to operate. You may find this an odd thing to say in view of the campaign against the Bill. But it is a fact.

Good morning, and thank you for the chance to speak to you in detail about the Employment Relations Bill.

Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you at such an important time for the future of industrial relations in New Zealand.

Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you at such an important time for the future of industrial relations in New Zealand.