Gossip around the water filter just became about the water filter itself. New Zealand’s leading supplier of drinking water to the corporate sector – Just Water – is refusing to negotiate better work conditions. It’s resulted in members commencing full-withdrawal strike action on Thursday 29th March from 4:30 am to 11 pm. FIRST Union spokesperson […]
A successful campaign to reinstate 10 sacked workers at Savemart resulted in over 100 members Nationwide and a new collective agreement. Last year Savemart owner, Tom Doonan, issued notice of dismissal to 10 staff members who had decided to join FIRST Union. Following a successful media campaign on the John Campbell Radio New Zealand show […]
Recent years have shown a worrying trend for the closure of bank branches, particularly in rural and provincial areas. These closures have seen communities suffer as they lose access to services, in some case having to drive long distances in order to reach another branch. The people who suffer most, however, are the bank workers […]
