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FIRST Union
Putting Workers First
FIRST Union is New Zealand's second-largest private sector trade union.
Formed in 2011 after the merger between the National Distribution Union and Finsec, FIRST Union represents 27,000 workers in the Finance, Industrial (Textile and Wood), Retail, Stores, Transport and Logistics sectors.
FIRST Union is also affiliated to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and runs several networks including the Union Network of Migrants, the Runanga, Fono and Womens' Committee. In 2015 FIRST Union launched Samoa First Union, Samoa's only private sector union.
Join FIRST Union today for higher pay, better conditions and more say at work.
FIRST Union - Latest News [Page 47]
Same-day doctor’s appointments a nonsense
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 2:32 pm | National Distribution Union
A group of West Coast workers have spoken out against National’s weakening of work rights, saying that trying to get a same-day doctor’s appointment for a minor ailment was a joke. More >>
Feltex: what about the workers?
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 11:04 am | National Distribution Union
The union for textile workers says it’s only right and proper that the former directors of Feltex should have been investigated and prosecuted by the Registrar of Companies, following the company’s collapse. More >>
Feltex: what about the workers?
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 10:09 am | National Distribution Union
The union for textile workers says it’s only right and proper that the former directors of Feltex should have been investigated and prosecuted by the Registrar of Companies, following the company’s collapse. More >>
Feltex: what about the workers?
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 10:09 am | National Distribution Union
The union for textile workers says it’s only right and proper that the former directors of Feltex should have been investigated and prosecuted by the Registrar of Companies, following the company’s collapse. More >>
Foodstuffs SI To Pay Back Unlawful Deductions
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 5:13 pm | National Distribution Union
The Employment Relations Authority has found in favour of the National Distribution Union (NDU) and its members at two Christchurch distribution centres, after Foodstuffs South Island unlawfully suspended them during strike action. More >>
Government must support restrictions on loan shark
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 11:55 am | finsec
The Government needs to take the side of vulnerable consumers rather than dodgy loan sharks when a private members Bill seeking to put controls on fringe lending is voted on in Parliament tomorrow says the finance sector union Finsec. More >>
Textiles Union Welcomes Procurement Debate
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 3:46 pm | National Distribution Union
The union for textile workers is supporting a debate about government procurement brought about by Clare Curran’s Kiwi Jobs Bill. More >>
Rats and stink at Paper Reclaim a health hazard
Monday, 5 July 2010, 10:30 am | National Distribution Union
An exploding rat population and increasingly unpleasant smells are turning the Paper Reclaim plant in Penrose into a health hazard says NDU organiser Syd Keepa. More >>
Westpac freezes staff pay with zero wage offer
Friday, 2 July 2010, 2:40 pm | finsec
Bank workers’ union Finsec is describing Westpac’s refusal to offer a pay increase as a wage freeze for their staff despite significant cost increases for workers and good profits for the bank. More >>
Paper Reclaim strike enters third day
Friday, 2 July 2010, 10:32 am | National Distribution Union
Thirty two NDU union members at Paper Reclaim in Penrose are on strike for the third consecutive day. More >>
Westpac workers seek to inflation-proof their pay
Monday, 28 June 2010, 4:03 pm | Finsec
Negotiations for one of the country’s largest private sector collective agreements start tomorrow with Westpac workers seeking to inflation-proof their pay in the face of significant cost increases. More >>
Westpac Workers To Inflation- Proof Their Pay
Monday, 28 June 2010, 4:01 pm | Finsec
Negotiations for one of the country’s largest private sector collective agreements start tomorrow with Westpac workers seeking to inflation-proof their pay in the face of significant cost increases. More >>
Bank Workers Worried About Customer Debt Levels
Sunday, 13 June 2010, 2:02 pm | Finsec
New results from a Trans-Tasman banking survey show bank staff are uncomfortable about their customers’ ability to meet the financial obligations of the products they are made to sell them. More >>
Reserve Bank should require transparency
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 4:22 pm | finsec
Bank workers’ union Finsec is calling on the Reserve Bank to provide the same analysis on banks’ funding costs that the Australian Reserve Bank recently undertook, in light of today’s announcement of the increase to the Official Cash Rate. More >>
Kaitaia mill workers take action
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 2:11 pm | National Distribution Union
Workers at the Juken New Zealand triboard mill in Kaitaia are taking industrial action following a breakdown in collective bargaining. More >>
Budget Takes From The Poor - Gives To The Rich
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:54 pm | Finsec
Bank workers union Finsec says that with this budget, the National Government has flipped the Robin Hood story and are taking from the poor to give to the rich. More >>
GST Increase: Wrong Tax and Wrong Time
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 3:28 pm | National Distribution Union
The National Distribution Union has joined family budget advisors, retailers and several political parties in growing opposition to GST being raised by 20% to 15 cents in the dollar in next week’s budget. More >>
Ex-LWR owner’s company collapse no surprise
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 4:11 pm | National Distribution Union
The National Distribution Union (New Zealand) is concerned but not surprised that another Ken Anderson company has collapsed, this time the Scallywag Sock company in Melbourne. More >>
Customers Dissatisfied With Banks Says Survey
Sunday, 9 May 2010, 12:07 pm | Finsec
Results released today showing high levels of customer dissatisfaction with the Australian owned banks are a wake up call to the industry and highlights the need for the government to step in to make banking in NZ fairer says the finance sector union Finsec More >>
Finsec asks John Key to shoot loan sharks
Friday, 7 May 2010, 11:17 am | finsec
Bank workers’ union Finsec has written to John Key asking him to shoot loan sharks out the water by supporting the Credit Reform (Responsible Lending) Bill. More >>
