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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 68]
Bank workers play netball in the streets
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 12:43 am | Finsec
If ANZ and National bank workers are to work without additional compensation on the weekends, then they will need to play sports games in the middle of the week. So, this Wednesday (12:30 pm, May 4) ANZ and National bank workers will host a game of ... More >>
Strike brings bank back into negotiations
Friday, 29 April 2005, 5:39 pm | Finsec
Employment agreement negotiations will recommence next Thursday and Friday between ANZ National Bank, and staff representatives. This follows a full day of industrial action last Friday. Staff are seeking compensation for working late hours and weekends. ... More >>
ANZ profit announcement tomorrow
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 9:20 am | Finsec
Staff in ANZ National are awaiting their owner’s 6 month profit announcement tomorrow morning with bated breath. The announcement is expected to be one of the largest ever profit figures, with nearly 25% expected to come from New Zealand. More >>
ANZ staff to strike for weekends and equity
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:50 am | Finsec
Staff at ANZ National bank have again today voted overwhelmingly to reject the employers latest employment offer and will take further industrial action this Friday. The bank claim will deny compensation to many of its workers for work during evenings ... More >>
NZ bank workers ask Australian CEO for weekends
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:39 pm | Finsec
Representatives of the thousands of ANZ and National Bank staff who walked off the job last week, will attempt to table a report to ANZ Australian CEO John McFarlane, who is in New Zealand tomorrow. More >>
New Zealand workers demand equity with Australians
Thursday, 7 April 2005, 4:34 pm | Finsec
The Australian owner of ANZ National Bank will see thousands of New Zealand staff walking off the job tomorrow in response to an employment claim from the bank that devalues their weekends. More >>
Are Australian Banks Bullies?
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 9:48 am | Finsec
Comments by the Australian owners of New Zealand banks in Friday’s New Zealand Herald of the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s draft proposals on off-shoring have drawn strong criticism from Finsec, the union for bank workers. Australian bank owners claimed ... More >>
National Party will shift costs from banks to NZ
Monday, 11 October 2004, 3:16 pm | Finsec
“National Party Finance spokesman John Keys’ call for a single trans-Tasman regulator for New Zealand banks will see New Zealanders paying the cost of ‘savings and efficiency gains’ by Australian banks” says Finsec General Secretary Andrew Casidy. More >>
Surveys of banks reveal workplace bullying
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 12:29 am | Finsec
Union surveys of two major banks have revealed significant levels of workplace bullying. More >>
User-friendly coins reduce workplace injuries
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 11:42 am | Finsec
"We agree with the Reserve Bank that silver coinage needs to become more user friendly for cash handlers," said Andrew Casidy, General Secretary of the bank workers' union, Finsec. More >>
Westpac: union members vote after mediation
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 11:34 am | Finsec
Mediation talks between Finsec and Westpac have ended and the union will now put a negotiated position on working hours and other issues to its Phone Assist members. More >>
Staff gob-smacked at continued discrimination
Friday, 25 June 2004, 2:30 pm | Finsec
Westpac continues to discriminate against its call centre workers by offering them worse conditions than staff elsewhere in the bank, the bank workers’ union Finsec said today. More >>
'Work-life-balance bank' treats staff differently
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 2:02 pm | Finsec
Staff employed in Westpac’s call centres have resoundingly rejected a new offer to settle their collective employment agreement, saying it does not go far enough to address their concerns about work life balance and equity. More >>
Staff Urge Bank to Put its Money Where Mouth Is
Friday, 11 June 2004, 11:01 am | Finsec
Staff employed by a major bank that last year won an EEO Trust award for its work-life balance policy have voted to walk off the job in a bid to get their employer to address their work-life concerns. More >>
Westpac call centre staff pin hopes on Tuesday
Friday, 11 June 2004, 8:50 am | Finsec
Following this week's action by Westpac call centre staff to improve their work life balance, the bank and Finsec, the union for bank workers, have met today. More >>
Westpac compounds workplace stress
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 8:37 am | Finsec
Westpac bank will today be warned that its call centre workers, who are already dealing with a stressful job, face increasing pressure from an ever-changing roster system and lack of work-life balance. More >>
Westpac: Are you listening to your staff?
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 10:49 am | Finsec
Westpac, the employer who last year won an EEO Trust award for its work-life balance policy, today has its call centre staff walking off the job in a bid to get their employer to address their work-life concerns. More >>
Distribution Union Supports Hikoi
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 1:37 pm | National Distribution Union
The National Distribution Union Rununga supports the foreshore and seabed hikoi. It’s about rights, said Syd Keepa, Apiha Maori organiser of the National Distribution Union.. More >>
"Which planet are you on Mr Barnett?"
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 4:10 pm | Finsec
"Michael Barnett's analysis of costs to business of the Employment Relations Act amendments in today's Herald is the stuff of science fiction," said Andrew Casidy, General Secretary of the finance workers' union, Finsec. More >>
Westpac tells workers to "Take it or leave it"
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 1:07 pm | Finsec
Westpac Bank, in its submission to the Select Committee on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill last week, admitted that it is complicit in undermining collective bargaining. More >>
