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Minimum Wage Announcement “A Pay Cut For The Most Vulnerable”
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 12:01 pm | E Tu
“The Government has made another callous decision which will make in-work poverty even worse in Aotearoa,” E tū Assistant National Secretary, Annie Newman says. More >>
Kinleith Workers Angry About Proposal To Cut 230 Jobs
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 11:49 am | E Tu
The workers, who are members of E tū, FIRST Union, and AWUNZ, were told about the proposal in a meeting this morning. Head delegate Ian Farall says the proposal demonstrates the failures of the company. More >>
Pike River: 14 Years On And Far Too Many Of Us Are Being Injured At Work
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 3:26 pm | E Tu
"The Minister’s actions on health and safety show the Minister has failed to understand the lessons of Pike River. Instead of boosting health and safety at work, her party and her Government are looking for ways to water down the protections it has delivered." More >>
New Report Exposes A Care Sector In Crisis
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 12:50 pm | E Tu
The Transforming Care report lays out the many problems in the industry, including in residential aged care, home support, disability support, and mental health and addiction support. More >>
Sistema Proposes Sacking Over 100 Workers
Monday, 11 November 2024, 10:26 am | E Tu
The plastics manufacturer, which produces popular plastic storage products for both domestic and international markets, says the proposal is the result of declining sales and increasing costs. More >>
Cleaners Left In Limbo After Contract Change At Auckland Transport Sites
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 3:51 pm | E Tu
After MMS lost its contract to provide cleaning services for Auckland Transport sites to City Cleaning, cleaners’ pay and conditions should have been transferred to the new contractor under Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act. More >>
E tū Members Ready To ‘Fight Back Together’
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:20 pm | E Tu
“The Government has already cancelled Fair Pay Agreements, re-introduced 90-day ‘fire at will’ trials for all workplaces, and increased the minimum wage below the inflation rate – effectively giving Aotearoa’s lowest paid workers a pay ... More >>
Safe Airports Would Be Undermined By Avsec Privatisation
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 1:44 pm | E Tu
E tū is concerned by the conflicting operational pressures that could apply if either airlines or airports operate aviation security. More >>
Tomorrow: Coca-Cola workers on strike!
Monday, 16 September 2024, 7:54 pm | E Tu
Workers will be picketing tomorrow outside both Auckland and Christchurch plants. More >>
E Tū National Media Delegates Committee Statement On The Use Of AI In Journalism
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:12 am | E Tu
E tū media members are seeking to develop sector-wide guidelines for the deployment of AI in New Zealand journalism. This work is urgent in the face of AI being rolled out in ways that are already changing our stories. More >>
Picket Against Cuts To Care At Village At The Park, Newtown, Wellington
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 10:36 am | E Tu
E tū and NZNO members and supporters will join residents and the local community at a picket this afternoon, to send a message to Village at the Park operators Arvida that we oppose cuts to staffing hours at the residential aged care facility. More >>
TVNZ Workers Win In Employment Court
Friday, 31 May 2024, 5:47 pm | E Tu
E tū members at TVNZ are celebrating another victory today, with the Employment Court upholding the original decision of the Employment Relations Authority, accepting that the company has breached the collective agreement. More >>
Care Workers Call For Fairness On Pay Equity Anniversary
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 8:37 am | E Tu
“The Government has an opportunity here to really correct the course for the care and support workforce, and the people they look after. This cannot be just another area left in the cold, we need real leadership to ensure the proper quality of care ... More >>
E Tū Hopes Stuff/WBD Deal To Save 6pm Bulletin Will Be Workable
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:09 pm | E Tu
E tū, the union for journalists and media workers in Aotearoa, welcomes the news that Stuff will take over producing the 6pm news bulletin for Three, as a result of the closure of Newshub. The proposal will see Stuff’s current team of journalists ... More >>
TVNZ: Union Members Say “No” To Proposal
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 3:40 pm | E Tu
E tū has formally written to TVNZ on behalf of union members, raising serious concerns about the proposed changes and the process laid out by the company. The letter was sent to TVNZ’s chief executive, the executive editor of news and current affairs, ... More >>
TVNZ Workers Concerned With Company’s Process And Will Fight Proposed Cuts
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 2:22 pm | E Tu
E tū, the union for media workers in Aotearoa New Zealand, are alarmed by TVNZ’s proposal to cut up to 68 jobs, and are worried there won’t an adequate process for working through this proposal. TVNZ has told their employees that people will ... More >>
E Tū Urges Government To Support NZ Media By Passing Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 4:48 pm | E Tu
E tū, the union for journalists and media workers, is urging the Government to pass the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill as an important part of the solution to the problems facing the media in Aotearoa New Zealand. Last week, it was announced ... More >>
E Tū Takes Major Cleaning Companies To Employment Relations Authority
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 11:33 am | E Tu
E tū, the union for cleaners in Aotearoa New Zealand, has filed an application for fixing with the Employment Relations Authority, after the companies party to the Commercial Cleaners Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) have refused to ... More >>
Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers – Time’s Up!
Saturday, 30 December 2023, 12:01 pm | E Tu
Care and support workers across Aotearoa New Zealand are urgently calling for a new pay equity settlement, with their current agreement expiring tomorrow (31 December). Over 65,000 workers who provide much needed care for groups like the elderly and ... More >>
Industrial Action To Begin At Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Sunday, 5 November 2023, 6:07 pm | E Tu
Workers at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s manufacturing site in Auckland have voted to take industrial action, beginning tomorrow, as the company refuses to improve their offer which includes insufficient pay rises and a loss of important ... More >>