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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 55]
Farmers Birthday Offer an Insult to Workers
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:08 am | National Distribution Union
Workers at Farmers stores are planning a range of protest activities tomorrow. The iconic Kiwi chain is celebrating its 100th year of operation with a paltry twenty cents an hour pay offer for two thirds of its staff. More >>
Customers against ANZ staff cuts
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 2:09 pm | Finsec
ANZ customers oppose reductions in branch staffing numbers according to polling undertaken by bank workers union Finsec. ANZ recently announced a review of its branch network and have called for voluntary redundancies from staff. More >>
Paramedics Protest at Failing Service
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 2:41 pm | National Distribution Union
Wairarapa paramedics will be protesting against the local DHB outside the Masterton ambulance station on Wednesday, October 1. More >>
Support for Locked-Out Bus Drivers
Friday, 26 September 2008, 5:25 pm | National Distribution Union
The Auckland Bus Drivers Council has called an urgent meeting to look at ways of supporting bus drivers locked out by Infratil (NZ Bus). More >>
Major reductions in ANZ customer service expected
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 11:26 am | Finsec
ANZ National bank has announced today its intention to cut face to face service to customers by reducing front line branch staff numbers. ANZ National pledged earlier this year to increase front line staffing numbers when it announced its intention ... More >>
Union Gives Thumbs Up for Green Policy
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:10 am | National Distribution Union
Industrial Relations Policy released by the Green Party today gets the thumbs up from the NDU. More >>
Thumbs up to Greens workers policies
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 3:06 pm | Finsec
Finsec, the finance sector union is giving a thumbs up the Green Party Industrial Relations policy announced today saying it offers tangible benefits to New Zealand workers. More >>
Ambulance Strategy a Mixed Bag
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 9:13 am | National Distribution Union
The NDU says the recommendations in a Draft New Zealand Ambulance Strategy released today are a mixed bag. More >>
Workplace Access Removal Threat To Living Standard
Monday, 15 September 2008, 4:19 pm | National Distribution Union
Workers’ hopes of bargaining for better pay and conditions will be threatened if the National Party has its way says the NDU. More >>
ANZ National staff accept bad offer, strike anyway
Friday, 22 August 2008, 5:24 pm | Finsec
Union members in ANZ National have reluctantly agreed to put the bank’s offer of a less than inflation pay rise and no changes to their debt sale targets to a ratification vote next week because the bank has told them it will not change its ... More >>
ANZ National staff to strike from 8.30am Friday
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 12:12 am | Finsec
Finsec union members across ANZ National bank will be holding strike meetings tomorrow, Friday August 22, to determine the next steps in their campaign for wage justice and fairer sales targets. More >>
Manawatu Horowhenua - Two More Textile Closures
Monday, 18 August 2008, 4:20 pm | National Distribution Union
Two more clothing firms are to close in the central districts with around 40 workers losing their jobs,” said Robert Reid, President of the National Distribution Union. More >>
Workers negotiate historic pay deal at Westpac
Monday, 18 August 2008, 11:57 am | Finsec
Union members in Westpac have voted in favour of an historic collective agreement settlement offer that includes a new competency based pay system that removes debt sales targets being linked to pay increases and a 5% wage increase. More >>
ANZ National staff to strike for a fair deal
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 11:16 am | Finsec
For immediate release 12 August 2008 ANZ National staff to strike for a fair deal for customers More >>
Major overhaul of lending regulation recommended
Friday, 8 August 2008, 2:36 pm | Finsec
Finsec, the finance workers union, has released a report today that recommends a major overhaul of the regulation governing lending by financial institutions and proposes the establishment of a new agency to act as a watch dog of the industry. More >>
National’s Plans To Sell KiwiBank Bad News
Monday, 4 August 2008, 12:01 am | Finsec
Bank workers’ union Finsec says the National Party’s plan to sell KiwiBank is bad news for customers and the country’s banking sector. More >>
Tears flow at Feltex Foxton
Friday, 1 August 2008, 4:46 pm | National Distribution Union
Tears flowed from the eyes of the redundant workers as well as from the skies as workers from Feltex Foxton prepared to leave the factory for the last time More >>
Warehouse Decision Is Pro-New Zealand
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 12:27 am | National Distribution Union
"The Court of Appeal decision preventing Woolworths or Foodstuffs buying The Warehouse Ltd is good news for the workers and customers of all three companies," said Laila Harre, National Secretary of the National Distribution Union. More >>
Nat’s Workplace Policy Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 1:08 pm | National Distribution Union
“National’s Employment and Workplace Relations Policy is a gift to employers wrapped in the language of “reasonableness,” said Laila Harré, National Secretary of the National Distribution Union in response to the release of the policy today. More >>
Nat policy: Blueprint for low wages, instability?
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 12:29 am | Finsec
Bank workers’ union Finsec says that the National Party’s Employment Relations policy is likely to result in lower wages and greater instability in New Zealand workplaces. More >>
