The biggest story in today’s Union News is the announcement by the NZ Professional Firefighters Union of four 10-hour strikes following their members 99% rejection of FENZ’s latest pay offer. The loss of jobs to AI is also starting to feature, with both The Post and RNZ having stories on this.
Union coverage
- E Tū – Finn O’Dwyer-Cunliffe | Director of E tū | Waatea News
- NZAA – St John will delay shut down of specialist paramedic team who help police and firefighters | RNZ
- NZAA, NZPFU – Teams of specialist paramedics who back police to be shut down by Christmas | RNZ
- NZNO – ‘We would crumble’: Helicopters fill gap in hospital staff shortage – nurse | Waikato Times (paywalled)
- NZNPA – NZ Netball Players Association boss Pippa Moore calls for private league talks with Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray to resume | NZ Herald
- NZPFU – Firefighters union threatens 10 hours strikes, FENZ warns of ‘extreme risk’ | RNZ
- NZPFU – Firefighters to strike for 10 hours four times after rejecting Fire and Emergency pay offer | NZ Herald
- NZPFU – NZ fire strike vote raises property risk as wildfire season nears | Insurance Business
- PSA – Hutt City weighs facility privatisation and AI as government rate caps loom | The Post (paywalled)
- PSA – Still on track: The ‘big four’ gravy train the Government hasn’t derailed | The Post (paywalled)
- PSA – Dozens of public servants on paid gardening leave | NZ Herald (paywalled)
- STNZ – The overlooked crisis-in-the-making developing in our hospitals | The Post (paywalled)
- TEU, NZNO – Nursing teachers blame short-staffing on better frontline pay gap | RNZ
- Unions – Disclosing donors behind millions in hidden election spending would help voters judge dodgy decisions | Newsroom
- Workers First, E Tū – What it’s like to lose your job to AI | RNZ
Employment
- ‘Nothing to do’: Young people hit hard by job shortage – youth worker | RNZ
- Director of Auckland labour hire company to pay $200k for breaching rights of migrant workers | RNZ
- ‘I’ve put the hard yards in’: Older jobseekers say ageism stopping them from getting work | RNZ
- Chris Hipkins puts job on the line over no new taxes beyond CGT | RNZ (pay equity mentioned)