As part of FIRST Union’s stop work meetings at 58 locations around the country (more than 5,300 attendees), retail workers will be signing one of our largest banners ever in support of the three tenets of our Worth It campaign. The campaign calls on employers in the retail industry to pay workers a Living […]
Pay equity has arrived at Toll Logistics, without government or legal intervention, thanks to a new Collective Agreement ratified this week. The signing of a new Global Framework Agreement facilitated by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and logistics giant Toll paved the way for the new Collective Agreement with FIRST Union. Coverage of agreement […]
Around 30 workers from various companies picketed outside Coverstaff in South Auckland today as part of FIRST Union’s Real Work Real Jobs campaign. The Union, which represents over 2,500 labour-hire workers, is calling for labour-hire companies to improve business practice, and for the Government to take action to address the exploitation of labour-hire workers. FIRST […]
A new agreement between Foodstuffs North Island (distribution centres) and FIRST Union sets a company-wide precedent for good employment relations within the sector. The big wage win has boosted workers’ confidence and will affect hundreds of the company’s workers. FIRST Union and Foodstuffs North Island have settled a collective agreement covering all of the company’s […]
