News from 2009-10

The National-led Government announced plans this week to remove the right to guaranteed rest and meal breaks. Under law passed by passed by Labour last year all...

Bridgestone-Firestone will be closing its New Zealand operations by Christmas at the cost of 275 jobs in Christchurch. From now on the tyre manufacturer will import products into New...

EPMU members at Cryovac Sealed Air in Porirua have won an improved offer from the company and will vote next week on whether to accept it. Last week...

Two South Island companies have come off the nine day fortnight scheme as economic conditions pick up. Timaru-based agricultural machinery company Cloughs and Summit Woolspinners in Oamaru have...

Further strike action at MCK Metals in Taranaki has been averted after EPMU members reached a settlement that retains their redundancy protections while also improving their pay. Members...

Negotiations for the Dominion Breweries national collective agreement have finished with members accepting a 3% pay rise. The negotiations concluded last week after EPMU and SFWU members offered a...

Labour weekend is always a welcome break for many workers. It is the first long weekend since June and often marks the change from grim winter to...

The National-led Government has signed a deal with the ACT Party to privatise the ACC work account, effectively handing workplace accident cover over to the private insurance industry....

Workers at Dominion Brewery's Timaru and Greymouth plant took four days of strike action this week after the company made them a nil pay offer. The strike was...

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions held its biennial conference in Wellington on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The conference had a twin focus of the economy...