Keeping New Zealanders in Work

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Keeping New Zealanders in Work
No one can deny the important role banks and finance companies play in the economy. That is why taxpayers are supporting the banks in these difficult times by guaranteeing their deposits and wholesale funding.

Despite this guarantee of their business, banks have made no such guarantee to their staff about job security. While the banks make combined profits in excess of $2.5 billion and CEOs receive salary packages of more than $2 million each, banks continue to cut jobs and offshore work.

It is time for the banks to do their bit for New Zealand

We, the undersigned, call on the government to make retention of current staffing numbers a condition of the deposits and wholesale funding guarantee schemes. Profitable financial institutions receiving tax payer support should not be adding to the recession by laying off staff.

203 Signatures

  • Gary Elshaw
  • Sam Durbin
  • Chris Flatt
  • Stuart Page
    • Comments
    • Do it
  • Edward Hoyle
    • Comments
    • Signed.
  • Luke Coxon
  • Sonny Thomas
  • James
    • Comments
    • Australia is in our banks stealin our monies.
  • Angus Hodgson
  • Nicki Wilford
  • David Small
    • Comments
    • Excellent initiative. If they want public money, they should demonstrate social responsibility
  • Paul Falloon
  • Peter Wellington
  • Jordan Carter
  • Debbie Kean
  • Miriam Schumacher
  • David Patterson
  • Glen Mitchell
  • Julie Fairey
  • Nick Koefoed
  • Steve Donovan
    • Comments
    • Our money, our choice.
  • Ella Hardy
  • scott
  • Gary Watts
    • Comments
    • I fully support this particular petition
  • Jacqueline Margaret Lang
  • Arie Edmonds
  • Lucien Hickman
  • Lisa Jayne Macfarlane
  • Shane Gallagher
  • Sue Kealy
  • Katarina Te Maiharoa
    • Comments
    • distribute the wealth
  • Kathryn Watabe
  • Katie Macmillan
  • Kerry Tankard
    • Comments
    • No redundancies while they're getting bailouts!
  • Bronwyn Dutton
  • Karen Skinner
  • Joshua Morgan
  • Daniel Burt
  • Paul Bruce
  • Patrick Hine
  • Conor Roberts
  • FFion Maelor Evans
    • Comments
    • completely reasonable request. With public money comes social responsibility and public accountability.
  • karel kivits
  • Laura Cockram
  • Chris Morgan
    • Comments
    • chris.morgan@clear.net.nz
  • John Christeller
  • nick salmon
  • Tanja Hepi
    • Comments
    • Keep NZ Jobs in NZ
  • Ledchumi Kumaresar
  • clare abaffy