Today’s Union News includes extensive coverage for Workers First over the closure of the Northland Mill and the on-going firefighters dispute. The Green Party’s automatic union membership policy has also been picked up, and we’ve issued a media release in support of the policy.
Union coverage
- Workers First – What happens when a town’s largest employer shuts its doors | THREE NEWS
- Workers First Juken NZ confirms Northland mill shutdown after failed sale search | The Northland Age / NZ Herald
- Workers First – ‘Abandonment and disbelief’ for 60 Kaitāia mill workers set to lose their jobs | Stuff
- NZPFU – FENZ giving pay increase for non-union members – THREE NEWS via Facebook
- VUWSA – Uni students who work while studying usually have better pass rates | RNZ
- NZPA – Paul Goldsmith says move-on bill being ‘mischaracterised’ as Police Association raises concerns | RNZ