Over a hundred drivers in the Waikato region will once again carry out strike and picket action (for the fourth time in relation to this round of bargaining) tomorrow (Wednesday 26th September) as the Employment Relations Authority is brought in for facilitated bargaining in Auckland. The continuous strike action will take place tomorrow from 5:30am […]
This article was first published at Stuff.co.nz: https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/107163069/labourhire-workers-do-the-same-job-earn-less OPINION: When does a worker not get workers’ rights? At the moment, when they’re from a labour-hire firm. Submissions are being heard on Labour’s Triangular Employment Amendment Bill, which seeks to address exploitative practises in labour-hire arrangements. It’s an opportunity to clear up some of the confusion for those workers and […]
Summer isn’t far off and the tomatoes are just about ripe for the picking for summer salads but… Come Monday (24/09/2018), over 100 mainly tomato hot-house gardeners and distribution workers will walk off the job for 24 hours (4am Monday 24th to 4am Tuesday 25th) over bleak pay and the company refusing to come to […]
The below was first published at Stuff.co.nz: https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/106950963/wheres-the-workers-advisory-council OPINION: Business confidence surveys have been receiving more than their fair share of airtime and analysis recently. No one seems to be reflecting in the same way, however, on the confidence of working people and how they feel about our economy. Workforce confidence is worth reflecting on, though, as […]
FIRST Union, the union representing over 2,500 labour-hire workers, has made its submission on behalf of workers to the Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill today to a receptive committee as part of the Union’s Real Work Real Jobs campaign. Transport, Logistics and Manufacturing Secretary, Jared Abbott outlined the changes needed to ensure labour-hire companies […]
FIRST Union General Secretary Dennis Maga says the proposed changes of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill reverse much of what has been the erosion of workers’ rights over the last decade and that there’s nothing in the proposed changes that hasn’t been done before in New Zealand. On the Multi-Employer Collective Agreements (MECAs) Mr Maga […]
UPDATE 8/10/18: Following strike action the company returned to negotiations with a better deal than what workers were originally asking for. 50 Christchurch workers who restore pallets for the distribution of many of New Zealand’s well-known products and who are striking for the third time until Sunday will be holding a picket tomorrow (13/09/2018) over […]
Pak n Save Whakatane staff will not be at work this afternoon (12/09/2018) as they strike over dismal, minimal pay rates. Around 30 employees will instead be picketing the store from 2:30pm with the strike lasting until 4:30pm. Media are invited to attend; King St, Whakatane 3120. The store pays well below the rates offered […]
The Employment and Manufacturers Association and Business New Zealand have released the annual Mood of the Boardroom survey in association with the New Zealand Herald. FIRST Union is concerned about the lack of statistical rigour in the surveys. The options on the question regarding business opinion on the ERA are geared towards a negative result. […]
Changes to employment law in the Employment Relations Amendment Bill are a topic of hot debate, today over 1000 workers showed their support for the proposed changes at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium. VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/289226763 FIRST Union is carrying out its Stop-Work meetings around the country to update members on the ERA changes. At Auckland’s meeting […]
