Today, hundreds of Farmers retail staff will leave the shop floor over low wages and a performance pay system that keeps wages down. The stores taking part in strike action are Auckland, East, West and North Shore stores, Wellington stores, Riccarton, Hamilton stores and Palmerston North stores. Staff from several stores will be gathering […]
St John says it will use the funding freed up for Ambulance Professionals on just about everything but ambulance professionals. In a staff memo St John states the 21 million of funding over two years will address urgent needs such as, ‘moving our 111 Clinical Communications Centre people out of a leaky building in Auckland […]
The unfair performance pay system at Farmers Department Store has led to employees who are members of FIRST Union taking industrial action across the country. The actions began last week with workers defying the company uniform policy by wearing stickers that read F for Farmers, some workers have gone so far as to walk off […]
FIRST Union has released its In It For The Long-Haul survey of truck drivers that reveals an ageing workforce who say the job isn’t attractive anymore due to low pay and driver surveillance. Three hundred and eighty four truck drivers, union and non-union and employees and contractors, were surveyed through person-to-person interviews at locations throughout […]
Workers in Auckland at Botany, Manukau and Pukekohe have walked offthe job today (23/05/19) over Farmers’ refusal to pay the Living Wage and the company’s faulty performance pay system that keeps wages down. Staff at the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Shore and Timaru stores are taking partial strike actions of a uniform strike with […]
St John has filed proceedings with the Employment Relations Authority to prevent its staff from being able to take rest breaks after five-and-a-half hours. The proceedings are in response to a partial strike notice issued on behalf of over 1000 ambulance officers that would enable officers to take a 30-minute break after five-and-a-half hours. First […]
Farmers retail workers have long been subject to an unfair performance pay system and have decided it’s time to grade their employer. They agreed on an F-rating for performance over Farmers’ refusal to pay the Living Wage and the company’s faulty performance pay system that keeps wages down. Workers have voted to take action across the country over the next two weeks to demonstrate […]
After months of industrial action to draw attention to the low wages and poor conditions of work, Ambulance Professionals are delighted that the government has listened but fear the money won’t make it to the frontline where it’s needed. This morning, Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters announced that Ambulance Professionals have been remembered as part […]
The shearing shed: an iconic Kiwi job if there ever was one. Problem is, a lack of upskilling through training and low wool prices over the last couple of decades mean it’s lost its appeal for many. But industry leaders have come together to make it a viable option once again. FIRST Union has today signed the first collective […]
The below first appeared at stuff.co.nz 9/04/19 The gap between what the minimum wage and the living wage is closing, and we celebrate that. But despite increases to both wage rates this month there is still a gap. The April 1 minimum wage increase from $16.50 to $17.70 came parallel with the announcement of the new living […]
