loses fight to win back job after complaint email
A union organiser dismissed for sending a scathing email alleging Māori members were treated as “excrement” has failed to get her job back, for now.
Edith Tamaki was sacked from First Union in December last year for serious misconduct after the October 17 email that went to all organisers and managers.
The email was headed “Behaviour of Paid Union Officials” and written in Tamaki’s capacity as the Āhipa Māori - an elected position established to support the work of the union’s rūnanga in promoting the involvement and representation of Māori members - according to an Employment Relations Authority decision.
Link to article: First Union organiser Edith Tamaki loses fight to win back job after complaint email - NZ Herald
