Union News July 2025

Nearly 40,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants took part in strike action to call for safe staffing levels at Te Whatu Ora. The Workplace Relations… Read More »Thursday 31 July

Close to 36,000 nurses, midwives, and healthcare workers will begin a nationwide 24-hour strike today due to being overworked, under-resourced, and understaffed. Meanwhile, Health NZ… Read More »Wednesday 30 July

NZEI is taking the Government to court over recent changes to funding for resource teachers. PPTA has rejected a pay offer of 1 percent a… Read More »Tuesday 29 July

Kmart staff will now be among the highest-paid retail workers after Workers’ First secured a pay deal which they are calling a “gold standard” for… Read More »Tuesday 22 July

The government has released an infrastructure update showing $6 billion of government-funded construction is due to start between now and Christmas, which the opposition has… Read More »Monday 21 July

An Auckland mental health programme catering for people with long-standing or chronic problems will shut down. A year’s-long battle over whether a group of elite… Read More »Friday 18 July

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