May Day Award For New Zealand's Worst Transnational

Media advisory - CAFCA and Unions Wellington
Wednesday May 1, 2013
 
May Day and the Roger Award For New Zealand's Worst Transnational
 
Media are welcome to attend May Day featuring the Roger Award, in Wellington this evening.
 
The Roger Award, which has run annually since 1997, accepts nominations from the public and assesses transnationals against four criteria: economic dominance, people, envrionment and political interference. 
 
Past winners include NZ Aluminium Smelters, Warner Brothers, ANZ, Westpac, BNZ, British American Tobacco, Telecom and Progressive Enterprises.
 
Roger Award finalists for tonight's event are the four Australian-owned banks collectively, British American Tobacco, IAG, King Salmon, Newmont Waihi Gold, Rio Tinto Alcan NZ, Taejin Fisheries and Vodafone. Find out more about the Roger Award at www.cafca.org.nz
 
Tonight's event is also the Unions Wellington May Day celebration, with contributions from musicians, the CTU and UnionAID charitable trust.
 
Where: Level 6, PSA House, 11 Aurora Terrace, Wellington CBD
What: May Day 2013 featuring the Roger Award
Who: speakers include Murray Horton, Secretary/Organiser of CAFCA and John Maynard, Judge, Roger Awards, Council of Trade Unions and Union AID. Music, theatre and more!
When: Doors at 5pm, May Day speeches at 5.30pm, Roger Award presentations commence 6pm.
Results: From late night on Wednesday May 1 the Roger Award Judges’ Report will be available at www.cafca.org.nz, follow the Roger Award links from the Home page.
 
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