Ground-breaking legislation that passed in California last week could be just what platform workers like Uber drivers and other insecure workers in New Zealand need to escape the rat race of the so-called ‘gig economy’. Workers in the US state will benefit greatly from new legislation that closes a loophole allowing companies to misclassify their […]
A nearly $1 million dollar fine incurred by Ritchies Transport Holdings after admitting a health and safety charge on a bus crash that killed three and injured twenty-seven others shows why the company needs more scrutiny from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), and FIRST Union members are warning that the problems are endemic. Jared […]
FIRST Union members who work at Go Bus Ltd in Waikato are finally celebrating a living wage making it into their pay packets after enduring two years of frustrating negotiations with an employer who did everything possible to keep workers underpaid. FIRST Union Secretary for Transport, Manufacturing and Logistics, Jared Abbott, described the long road […]
FIRST Union today welcomed Westpac’s public admission of the significant gender pay gap in its workforce and reiterated its call for employers to work with unions to close this disparity, arguing that this work must begin at the bottom of the pay scales. Westpac’s report, Gender Pay Analysis 2019, fessed up to a 30.3% gender […]
Workers at Cotton On’s Mangere distribution centre, who took strike action outside the company’s Queen Street retail store on Monday 16th September, say it’s time Cotton On management cut the spin and lived up to their own promises of paying a living wage for all staff. Cotton On members have a Collective Agreement covering both […]
FIRST Union members at PAK’n’SAVE Henderson, which is due for demolition in October 2019, took to the picket lines on Saturday 14th September, calling on the franchise’s manager to come to the table and finally sort out a new Collective Agreement that clarifies redundancy conditions and entitlements during a time of stress and uncertainty for […]
