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Funding Holes In National’s Policies Deeply Worrying For Workers
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 12:21 pm | E Tu
E tū, the biggest private sector union in Aotearoa New Zealand, is deeply concerned about the prospect of a National-led Government’s ability to fund essential services and infrastructure, after figures released today show their policies create a large ... More >>
Cleaners To Picket As Employers Refuse To Offer Any Pay Rise At All
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 6:54 am | E Tu
Cleaners employed by multiple large cleaning companies will form a picket line today in Auckland as the companies have offered them nothing at all in recent negotiations. The picket will be outside a special general meeting of the Building Service Contractors ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreement For Cleaners Approved!
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 11:29 am | E Tu
Cleaners across Aotearoa New Zealand are getting a huge opportunity for real improvements to their pay and conditions, with the Chief Executive of MBIE approving the initiation of a Fair Pay Agreement for cleaners. The news couldn’t have come any sooner. E ... More >>
Budget 2023: E Tū Welcomes Investment In Our Futures
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 3:32 pm | E Tu
E tū welcomes the 2023 Budget, which includes significant improvements for Kiwi families, as well as welcome developments for people working in some E tū industries. Highlights of the Budget include cheaper childcare, ongoing reduced public transport ... More >>
Union’s Just Transition Aim For Members Affected By Potential Webstar Closure
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:03 am | E Tu
A “Just Transition” is the aim for E tū members working at Webstar Masterton who will lose their jobs if the plant shuts next year. On Wednesday, Webstar, which is part of the Blue Star Print Group, announced its proposal to close its Masterston ... More >>
Cleaners Second Group Of E Tū Members To Initiate Fair Pay Agreement
Monday, 10 April 2023, 5:59 pm | E Tu
Cleaners are the latest group of workers from E tū to initiate for their Fair Pay Agreement. Since the Fair Pay Agreements Bill was passed in October 2022, more than 1000 cleaners across Aotearoa New Zealand have put their signature forward in support ... More >>
New Living Wage Rate A Celebration For Workers And Their Communities
Monday, 3 April 2023, 3:01 pm | E Tu
E tū is celebrating the announcement of the new Living Wage rate and the positive difference that it will make to workers’ lives and to those of their whānau. On Monday, the new Living Wage rate of $26 was announced for 2023/24, which represents ... More >>
Media Statement On The Postponement Of The Public Media Merger
Friday, 10 February 2023, 4:43 pm | E Tu
The biggest private sector union in Aotearoa New Zealand, E tū has responded to news of the postponement of the merger of the two entities into Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media, saying the objectives of the merger remain critical to the country’s ... More >>
Workers Need Income Insurance Now
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 4:14 pm | E Tu
The biggest private sector union in Aotearoa New Zealand, E tū, is concerned by the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme (NZIIS) will be delayed indefinitely. The announcement was part of the new Prime ... More >>
E Tū Ready To Initiate First Fair Pay Agreements
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 4:01 pm | E Tu
The Fair Pay Agreements Bill is finally about to become law, as it gets its Third Reading in Parliament later this afternoon. Fair Pay Agreements will set minimum standards for pay and conditions across entire industries, making it one of the most ... More >>
Packaging Workers Won’t Give Up The Fight For Decent Pay Rise
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 1:11 pm | E Tu
Members from Opal Kiwi Packaging are continuing strike action this week, determined to win a decent pay rise. Around 90 Auckland-based members will be striking with a picket again outside the company premises on Monday morning. The action comes after ... More >>
Packaging Workers Prepare For Second Joint Mass Strike
Friday, 9 September 2022, 6:19 am | E Tu
Packaging workers from different companies are joining collective forces again to send a strong message to their employers to offer them a decent wage increase. On Friday morning, some 200 workers from Visy Board, Charta Packaging, and Opal Kiwi ... More >>
Packaging Workers Come Together To Strike For Decent Pay
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 8:59 pm | E Tu
Workers in the packaging industry are banding together to send a strong message to their employers to come to the table with a decent wage increase. Around 200 workers from Visy Board in Wiri, Charta Packaging, and Opal Kiwi Packaging are striking on ... More >>
More Packaging Workers Take Strike Action To See Move To Decent Pay
Friday, 2 September 2022, 6:33 am | E Tu
Members at another major paper packaging manufacturer are striking to win decent wages with no clawbacks. Up to 90 members at Opal Kiwi Packaging in Auckland are striking and picketing on Friday to move wage negotiations along in their latest ... More >>
More Packaging Workers Take Strike Action To See Move To Decent Pay
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 1:21 pm | E Tu
Members at another major paper packaging manufacturer are taking strike action to win decent wages with no clawbacks. Up to 90 members at Opal Kiwi Packaging in Auckland are striking and picketing on Friday to move wage negotiations along in their latest ... More >>
Support Worker Wellbeing Report Exposes Huge Psychosocial Impacts During Pandemic
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 7:12 pm | E Tu
A report into the wellbeing of home support workers during the Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent measures to address workers’ concerns. On Wednesday, researchers from AUT led by Associate Professor Katherine Ravenswood and union representatives ... More >>
Health Workers To National: Don’t Cut Our Funding!
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 1:15 pm | E Tu
E tū is appalled to hear this morning that National Party leader Christopher Luxon has reneged on a commitment to keep health and education funding at least in line with inflation. Despite recent assurances, Luxon told the AM Show this morning under ... More >>
Manufacturing Workers Reject Pay Offer For Strike To Combat Cost Of Living Struggles
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 11:52 am | E Tu
Workers at an Auckland lock manufacturing plant are walking off the job this week over a pay offer they say doesn’t go far enough to help members — some having to work regular overtime just to meet their daily expenses. Around 50 E tū members ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements Win Big At The ILO
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 1:36 pm | E Tu
E tū is celebrating the conclusion reached by the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference, after a tenuous case against Fair Pay Agreements raised by Business New Zealand has been effectively dismissed. ... More >>
Manufacturing Workers Strike As Say They Can’t Wait Longer For Living Wage
Friday, 10 June 2022, 6:13 am | E Tu
Up to 100 E tū members at a major transformer manufacturing plant in Auckland are striking and picketing on Friday in an effort to secure a Living Wage for the majority of its members as soon as possible. Members working at ETEL Transformers say they ... More >>
