Pike River Families Fight Dangerous Safety Law Rollback
New Zealand is on the brink of rolling back workplace safety protections won after the Pike River tragedy, and the people who lost loved ones in that disaster are heading to Parliament to stop it. Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two of the country's most prominent workplace safety advocates, will rally at Parliament next week alongside the Council of Trade Unions against the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill, which experts warn could cost lives.
Why are Pike River campaigners heading to Parliament?
Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse know the cost of failed workplace safety laws in a way no one should have to. Both lost family members in the Pike River mine disaster on 19 November 2010, when 29 workers were killed. Now, the very protections fought for in the aftermath of that tragedy are under threat, and they are not backing down.