FIRST Union attended the signing of a unique, global collective agreement with transport, logistics and warehousing giant, Toll. The signing in Singapore last night facilitated by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on behalf of affiliated unions ensures safe and fair working conditions for the company’s 44,000 employees across 50 countries. FIRST Union is pleased […]
Public transport operator NZ Bus and Unions representing bus drivers in Auckland have reached agreement on a new two-year contract following seven months’ of negotiations.. The agreement, which will be put to bus drivers early next week for ratification, means planned strikes by bus drivers next week will no longer proceed. The terms allow for […]
Pavlovich drivers are the latest to take part in strike action as disputes over bus driver pay and work conditions continue to heat up. Around 60 drivers will strike between 7 am and 9 am tomorrow (19th April) and will instead be picketing their workplace at Pavlovich Coachlines, 58B Carr Rd Mount Roskill. Media are […]
Bus drivers across eight Auckland depots are to take part in rolling strike action set for eight days between the 17th and 27th of April in a push for fairer pay and work conditions from NZ Bus. Some drivers are working 13 hour shifts and only being paid for eight, and the company’s attempting to […]
FIRST Union is pleased to announce its calling off strike action this afternoon at the well-known organic grocery store Huckleberry’s in Grey Lynn (previously known as Harvest). An agreement has been reached between the two, Huckleberry’s has committed to a significant wage increase on current rates, and the living wage by May 2019, and the […]
Many retail workers in New Zealand currently survive on minimum wage rates and don’t have enough hours of work to live on. Pay rates and work hours are so low that employers struggle to fill vacancies, and a pay crisis is already in effect as the average retail worker struggles to live. In response to […]
Union members at one of L’Oréal’s distribution centres have won their pay battle …and more. L’Oréal is showing businesses how it’s done in a workers world dominated by the business bottom dollar after workers at its distribution centre in Mangere won the right to be paid a Living Wage following the threat of strike action. […]
FIRST Union’s Bus Fair campaign has celebrated yet another victory with NZ Bus in Tauranga agreeing to pay its drivers a living wage, thanks to a new pay deal spurred on by members. Unlike the minimum wage, the living wage is set based on how expensive goods and services are, how much it is expected […]
I walk into the cafeteria of a unionised site the TV is going, people are sitting eating their lunch, in groups of four or five, some people have music blasting, while a group of older Samoan men play pool. People are wearing beanies and overalls, because I’m at a coldstore. There are some workers wearing […]
“I have to go to WINZ to get money for a uniform.” “I’m living pay cheque to pay cheque.” “I only wear hand me downs.“ “I can’t afford to take my kids to the doctor.” “Holidays are a pipe dream.” “We have to decide whether to buy food or school uniforms.” “I had to move […]
