Unions Call for Return of Electricity Generators to Public Ownership

Unions call for return of electricity generators to public ownership

The electricity market should be treated as a public utility that serves the interests of workers, Council of Trade Unions president says.

Unions release plan to bring electricity back into public ownership

The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on political parties to adopt their new policy to lower energy bills and protect manufacturing by bringing the electricity gentailers back into public ownership. The plan would involve government using the dividends from its shares in the gentailers to purchase the remaining shares until it reaches full public ownership. “Aotearoa needs an electricity system that produces affordable renewable energy to suppo…