Bridgestone NZ Strike Continues

Engineering staff at Bridgestone Firestone’s Christchurch, New Zealand factory have been on strike for nearly a month, with no sign of a resolution to the dispute. Around two dozen workers, all members of the EPMU union, walked off the job early last month after pay negotiations came to a standstill. Striking staff member Dave Cahill says they have had little response from the employer, apart from times when police have been called in to monitor the picket line, the NewstalkZB local radio station reported.