Bosses lock out workers so they lock-in bosses brilliant!
I happened to see this come across the Indymedia wire. I have to give some accolades to the union in Aotearoa (New Zealand) who pulled this off.
Call centre workers at Synovate in South Auckland were today locked out by their employer. The workers had been negotiating for secure hours and a pay rise of a dollar when they received word by text last night that they would not be allowed to come back to work.
Upon arriving at the call center this morning union members found the front door padlocked shut by the company and a notice telling their non union workers to sneak in by the back door. In response to this attempt to use scab labour Union officials and members added their own locks to the front door and used cars and locks to block all other entrances to the building. This effectively locked the bosses inside for two hours until the union allowed one car to be moved to allow delegates to enter the building to continue the negotiations.
The union who did this is called Unite and their website is unite.org.nz. It looks like New Zealand is learning from the tactics of the French.
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