A new agreement between Foodstuffs North Island (distribution centres) and FIRST Union sets a company-wide precedent for good employment relations within the sector. The big wage win has boosted workers’ confidence and will affect hundreds of the company’s workers. FIRST Union and Foodstuffs North Island have settled a collective agreement covering all of the company’s […]
I walk into the cafeteria of a unionised site the TV is going, people are sitting eating their lunch, in groups of four or five, some people have music blasting, while a group of older Samoan men play pool. People are wearing beanies and overalls, because I’m at a coldstore. There are some workers wearing […]
A long-running dispute between Foodstuffs and its cold store distribution centre workers has been settled with union members winning conversion rights for the labour-hire workforce across the country. Following 6 days of strike action, a new collective agreement was signed that includes a provision that will see labour-hire staff offered permanent employment with Foodstuffs within […]
