Union News

About 500 lab workers employed by medical testing company – Awanui – have settled on a 9.2 percent salary increase after six months of strike… Read More »Thursday 17 July

New Zealand’s construction industry is emerging from one of its toughest periods, with more than 17,000 jobs lost over the past 18 months. Penny Simmonds… Read More »Wednesday 16 July

The TEU is calling the government’s disestablishment of Te Pūkenga a “disaster for regional New Zealand”. ASMS and NZNO have accused Nelson Hospital of booking… Read More »Tuesday 15 July

More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours of what they say… Read More »Monday 14 July

NZ Post is being told to start over on its consultation process for a proposed business reorganisation after the ERA found it failed to meet… Read More »Friday 11 July

Foodstuffs has confirmed 180 roles at Victoria Park’s New World supermarket will be disestablished after a fire three weeks ago – Workers First have negotiated… Read More »Thursday 10 July

CTU president Richard Wagstaff warned the “light touch” approach in the Government’s new AI strategy would do nothing to protect workers from the serious risks… Read More »Wednesday 9 July

The Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments on whether it should uphold or overturn previous court rulings that four Uber drivers were entitled to be… Read More »Tuesday 8 July

The PSA are saying that months after commissioning a report into sexual harassment, Corrections has not moved fast enough to address its “old boys club”… Read More »Monday 7 July

NZNO says Health New Zealand’s latest pay offer is a “massive backward step” for the health system and patients, and there are “very strong indications”… Read More »Friday 4 July

The PSA says potential plans to privatise New Zealand’s meat inspection service could put food quality and safety at risk. Industrial action at Napier Port… Read More »Wednesday 2 July