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Locked out Wairoa workers back to work on Monday
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 9:43 am | Meat Workers Union
AFFCO Talley’s Wairoa workers will be returning to work on Monday 22nd February, after five months of unlawful lockout, says the NZ Meat Workers Union. More >>
Locked out Wairoa Talley workers finally get justice
Friday, 12 February 2016, 9:13 am | Meat Workers Union
Yesterday’s Employment Court decision should see AFFCO Talley’s Wairoa locked out workers back at work in the next two weeks, says the NZ Meat Workers Union. More >>
Waitangi Mondayisation Flaunted by Large Employer of Maori
Sunday, 7 February 2016, 3:52 pm | Meat Workers Union
One of the first companies to flaunt the first ever Mondayising of Waitangi day law is a large employer of Maori in the North Island, says the NZ Meat Workers Union. More >>
Meat Workers Union questions safety of Holiday Visa workers
Monday, 18 January 2016, 12:52 pm | Meat Workers Union
The NZ Meat Workers Union is questioning the safety of Holiday Visa workers temporarily employed in the meat industry after an accident involving a young German holiday worker at the Rangiuru AFFCO Talley plant on Friday. More >>
Bang on Xmas – Talley’s sacks workers
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 1:54 pm | Meat Workers Union
Coming on top of a year of turbulence in AFFCO Talleys meat plants, two union delegates have been sacked right on Xmas because they went into work early to talk to union members, says the NZ Meat Workers Union. More >>
AFFCO Talley workforce angered as first pay falls short
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 4:19 pm | Meat Workers Union
The first pay-day under the Court ordered return to work on previous union terms and conditions has left workers at the AFFCO Talley plants furious at the mistakes, pay cuts and omissions, says the NZ Meat Workers Union. More >>
Union seeks unprecedented intervention in dispute
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 2:58 pm | Meat Workers Union
The NZ Meat Workers Union is seeking unprecedented judicial intervention in the ongoing dispute and unlawful lockout of AFFCO Talley workers, citing serious and sustained actions that have made it impossible for workers to achieve a fair outcome in collective ... More >>
Victory for Talley’s AFFCO workers
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 8:43 am | Meat Workers Union
The Meat Workers Union (MWU) is celebrating a victory for Talley’s AFFCO workers in the Employment Court today. More >>
Meat Workers thank Labour Party for support
Monday, 9 November 2015, 3:26 pm | Meat Workers Union
Meat Workers Union members working for AFFCO Talley’s in their eight North Island plants welcome the support shown at the NZ Labour Party conference over the weekend, says Graham Cooke, National Secretary, NZMWU. More >>
Silver Fern Farms sell off doesn’t let govt off hook
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 4:27 pm | Meat Workers Union
The Meat Workers Union says that the sell-off of half of New Zealand’s largest meat company to foreign interests is a result of a failure of government leadership on other options. More >>
AFFCO Talley’s workers in Wairoa say enough
Monday, 7 September 2015, 9:50 am | Meat Workers Union
Around 250 members of the NZ Meat Workers Union in Wairoa are saying no to the unlawful lockout tactics of their employer, AFFCO Talley’s, by refusing to accept punitive individual agreements as a precondition to returning to work after the seasonal lay-off. More >>
AFFCO Talleys strike called off
Monday, 10 August 2015, 8:37 am | Meat Workers Union
The strike planned at AFFCO Talley’s sheds and the rally at Parliament on Tuesday has been called off. More >>
Talley’s AFFCO workers to strike
Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 1:30 pm | Meat Workers Union
1000 members of the New Zealand Meat Workers Union at eight AFFCO plants in the North Island have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action next week. More >>
AFFCO Talley workers – unlawful lockout take 2
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 11:46 am | Meat Workers Union
Three years after the Talley’s owned AFFCO Meat works locked out workers for 89 days at all of its North Island plants, meat workers at their site in Rangiuru are preparing to argue in court that the company is trying to lock them out again. More >>
Shocking tactics by bully employer
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 9:26 am | Meat Workers Union
Campbell Live’s exposure of the bully tactics of a New Zealand employer, Talley’s owned AFFCO comes as no surprise says Graham Cooke, National Secretary of the Meat Workers Union. “Roberta Ratu (Bertie), a Meat Workers Union member has bravely ... More >>
Workers need a voice in Meat Industry challenge
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 8:59 pm | Meat Workers Union
The Meat Workers Union supports positive initiatives that aim to make the Red Meat sector stronger and grow to its full potential, and with it jobs, pay and conditions, says Graham Cooke, Meat Workers Union National Secretary. More >>
AFFCO-Talley’s workers fear the worst from new laws
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 4:39 pm | Meat Workers Union
More than 1000 Meat Workers Union members employed by AFFCO-Talley’s at eight plants throughout the North Island are bracing themselves as new employment laws come into effect on Friday. More >>
Time for Jobs that Count in the Meat Industry
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 9:11 am | Meat Workers Union
The NZ Meat Workers Union will launch a new national campaign to highlight job insecurity in the Meat Industry this afternoon in Palmerston North. More >>
Worker immunity critical to safety in Meat Industry
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 3:37 pm | Meat Workers Union
The Meat Workers Union has today urged the Select Committee hearing submissions on the Health & Safety Reform bill to strengthen provisions that protect the rights of workers to be involved and speak out, saying that it’s becoming increasingly ... More >>
Apprehension for meat workers as employment law bill passes
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 9:31 am | Meat Workers Union
The passing of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill today will send a wave of apprehension through the workers in the NZ meat industry says the Meat Workers Union. More >>
