Jackie can’t remember the last time she and her family had a holiday or even when her and her husband spent quality time together. “Money is too tight,” she says, “As a family we are working day and night just to cover the basics.” Jackie works at a supermarket. Supermarket workers are some of the […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on the New Zealand bus company Go Bus to unconditionally end its lockout of bus drivers for exercising their right to take action to demand a living wage. The drivers had voted to stop taking fare money from passengers to show that they cannot continue to live […]
Iwi owned Go Bus Ltd has today issued a lock out notice to drivers in Hamilton. From 5am tomorrow morning bus drivers will not be able to access their workplace and will receive no income. The move by Go Bus Ltd follows a lengthy dispute between Go Bus and its drivers in Hamilton, Te, Awamutu […]
FIRST Union and its affiliates; the Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) and the Indian Workers’ Association (IWA) have released a handbook for migrant workers in New Zealand to share with their friends and families to help protect migrant workers against exploitation at its biennial conference today in Auckland. The New Zealand Migrant Workers’ Rights Passport […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
