News from 2009

Retail workers are celebrating the defeat of a bill from National MP Todd McClay that would have made it harder for workers to spend Easter with their...

The National-led Government announced large hikes in ACC levies this week that will cost the average worker nearly $200 more every year. Workers on the average wage...

The Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson, has ordered a report into the reasons behind the high level of workplace fatalities this year and what can be done...

National Distribution Union members at the Warehouse are planning a national day of awareness next weekend and are looking for volunteers to help out. The action follows the...

Workers at Tinakori Flooring in Wellington have won their first ever collective agreement after they joined the union and signed up to the Metals multi-employer collective agreement. The EPMU...

Solid Energy miners at the company's four largest mines went back to work on Tuesday following the acceptance of an offer at Huntly East which had shift...

The seven employers involved in negotiations for the Plastics MECA agreed to mediation last week following three weeks of industrial action. Tensions have been high since workers started...

Thousands of low paid public sector workers took the streets of New Zealand from Kaitaia to Invercargill last week protesting against the National Government's wage freeze. Members from...

The EPMU has urged TelstraClear to keep its 170 customer service roles in New Zealand after the company announced it is conducting a feasibility study into whether...

Journalists, printers and sales staff at the Southland Times took strike action on Friday in protest at Fairfax's refusal to offer a wage increase. The workers joined up...