The Waikato Regional Council is investigating a Living Wage for Bus Drivers. On Friday 18 May FIRST Union delegate Nat Tatana made a deputation to Waikato Regional Council Transport Committee about bus driver wages in the region. During his ten-minute presentation Nat expressed concern about the current wage rates for Bus Drivers, revealing that drivers […]
Around 70 Ritchies Murphy drivers took strike action this week as disputes over work and pay conditions roll to a stop. This followed strike action from members at multiple Go Bus and Pavlovich depots. Ritchies Murphy Transport is an affiliate company of Ritchies Transport who has previously requested to bring in 200 migrant workers due […]
FIRST Union has over the last 48 hours been collating complaints from union and non-union members in retail who allege their respective companies have been expecting (and in some instances asking verbally and in writing) employees to either stay back and work late for tasks such as cashing up or tidying up shop, or for […]
Negotiations with Go Bus were going nowhere and today the buses in Hamilton weren’t either. Around 80 drivers, fed-up with terrible pay and work conditions, took strike action this morning in their claim for the living wage. They’re the latest to walk off the job, following members from Te Awamutu and Otorohanga, and drivers from […]
FIRST Union says the kiwifruit declaration is at odds with the Government’s regional development initiatives, and it’s also worrying for workers. Holders of overseas visitor permits can work in the industry in the Bay of Plenty for a short window of opportunity from now until June 8, following the Ministry of Social Development declaring a […]
“Oh I’m just a sales person” – a phrase I heard a lot of when retail workers were asked to introduce themselves at a recent union conference I attended. You might put this down to personal modesty but I urge you to stop and think for a minute about your own perception retail workers – […]
FIRST Union, the Union for finance sector workers, welcomes news that the Financial Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank are looking into the business practices of New Zealand’s banks. The Union calls on the Government to go further, however, and convene a full Royal Commission mirroring developments in Australia. Stephen Parry, National Finance Sector Organiser, […]
