The EPMU is urging all members to attend the CTU Fairness at Work rallies in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch tomorrow, Saturday 21 August, and in Dunedin on Sunday 22 August.

The rallies are the first step in a public campaign opposing the government's plans to extend the 90-day 'Fire at Will' law to all employers and related changes that weaken work rights

The Auckland rally starts 1pm at the bottom of Queen Street, outside Britomart.

The Christchurch rally starts 1pm in Cathedral Square.
The Wellington rally starts 1pm in Civic Square.

The Dunedin event starts in Great King Street (outside Dental School) at 11am with a march to the Octagon where the rally starts at 11.30am.

EPMU national secretary Andrew Little says the rallies are an important part of the campaign to defeat the government's unjust employment laws introduced to Parliament this week.

"These law changes aren't about making working life fairer or even making business performance better. They're just a crude appeal to the nasty side of bad employers," he says.

"The challenge for New Zealand is to raise incomes, and these law changes, if they are allowed to pass, will do the opposite."

"It's simple - we need to stop them. And we need as many people out on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August to do so."