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# The Bare-Faced Cheek of Unite Union
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bare-faced-cheek-of-unite-union/
- Published: 2019-11-01T21:30:16.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-01T17:26:51.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

Unite Union has been very quick to put the boot into Sky City for the after-effects of the fire.

They issued a press release where they claimed workers’ health was in danger.

> “Unite Union is demanding Worksafe New Zealand does it \[*sic*\] job and investigates if tens of thousands of workers had their health endangered at work last week.”  
>  
> Press Release

They also [organised a strike ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=12279995&ref=goodoil.news)claiming unsafe working conditions and then labelled instructions from their bosses to “refer media enquiries to Laura Barrett in the SkyCity Communications Team” as a **muzzling** of workers because management asked them to say “no comment” to media.

While Unite Union have no sympathy for management, who are dealing with a massive loss, apparently caused by one of their employees, there are bucket loads of sympathy for the worker whose negligence caused the disaster.

> A teenager – possibly an apprentice – is believed to have accidentally left a blowtorch unattended after going on a smoko break on Tuesday afternoon, igniting a blaze that took Fire and Emergency NZ nearly a week to extinguish and causing gridlock in the city for days.  
> A source told the Herald the teenager, believed 18, was working for a sub-contractor and after realising his mistake went back to his work spot only to discover a fire had already started.  
> **“The poor guy is in tatters … he’s completely shattered,”** the source said.  
>  
> NZ Herald

  
The elephant in the room here is that it is highly likely that it was a Unite Union member who failed to follow basic safety guidelines and who is responsible for everything that they are currently complaining about. Even A Newspaper minimised what the worker did referring to it in a headline as a …wait for it…**“glitch”.**

This “glitch” could very well be the reason why the insurance company refuses to pay out. If a CEO of Sky City were responsible for causing the fire and causing millions of dollars worth of damage, Unite Union would want their head on a platter. The media would splash their face all over the front pages to name and shame them. This is why Unite Union have a bare-faced cheek to complain about their current working conditions, when it looks highly likely that they were caused by one of their own.