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 […]
That Big Ben pie that Kiwis love is regrettably brought to you by low wages. The workers at George Weston Foods in Wiri, who make New Zealand’s iconic Big Ben pies, are going on strike again. The two day strike follows a 24 – hour strike held last month over a pay offer that just […]
The establishment of a Tripartite forum including councils, bus operators and unions to resolve issues around the implementation of paid rest breaks will also deal with longstanding issues around pay and hours of work for drivers. It was announced today that an MOU had been agreed between Government, unions and bus operators to oversee the […]
A 14,000-strong petition in support of Ambulance Professional’s call to be recognised for the work they do has been submitted to parliament alongside a petition that requests urgent funding earmarked for wages (see section A of attached document). NZ First MP Darroch Ball accepted the petitions which were tabled in parliament this afternoon. The petition […]
FIRST Union welcomes new law that better protects those affected by domestic violence. The Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Bill allows those experiencing violence in their lives to up to ten days paid domestic violence leave per year to be able to better deal with the effects of domestic violence. FIRST Union Central Regional Secretary, […]
FIRST Union welcomes the changes to bus driver breaks as part of the implementation of the Employment Relations Amendment Act of which more changes come into effect next month. The changes include requirements for workers to have a paid 10 minute break after two hours and an unpaid half-hour break after four hours. Bus operators […]
The Pak n’ Save Picket for Decent Work at the Auckland Glen Innes store today (27/03/19) saw hundreds of customers filling out forms and handing them into checkout operators to show support for the hard work they do. FIRST Union Organiser Mandeep Bela says the support from the public was overwhelming. “Customers really wanted to […]
