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Union To Put Employer On “Trial” Strike To Follow
Monday, 18 April 2005, 9:34 am | National Union of Public Employees
The National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) is putting the Legal Services Agency (LSA) on “trial” tomorrow. More >>
Clinical Psychologists Rally At Parliament
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 8:49 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Clinical Psychologists working for the Capital Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards are rallying today to call on the Labour Government to properly fund their Boards so they can negotiate pay increases in line with Doctors and Nurses who have ... More >>
Fill Dental Assistant Cavity With 30% Catch-Up
Monday, 21 March 2005, 8:48 am | National Union of Public Employees
“The Government needs a comprehensive strategy to maintain the supply of school dental therapists and assistants - given the high demand for dental assistants in the now open market,” said Martin Cooney, Organiser with the National Union of Public Employees ... More >>
Canada: Parliament to debate anti-scab law
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 12:16 am | National Union of Public Employees
Canadian Labour Congress urging workers across Canada to lobby MPs Ottawa - A rare debate will resume in Parliament during the week of March 7 when a private member's bill to ban the use of scab workers during strikes and lockouts returns for second ... More >>
Rally For Funding Injection For Health Pay
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:41 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“About 40 health workers in the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) rallied at lunchtime today outside Labour Party HQ in Christchurch to call on the Government to inject extra funds to provide for pay increases for all public sector health workers,” ... More >>
An uneasy welcome for Wal-Mart in Woodstock
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 12:22 am | National Union of Public Employees
Woodstock - The New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees (NBUPPE/NUPGE) says residents of the province's oldest town should look at the facts carefully before extending a welcome to a new Wal-Mart outlet for the community. More >>
Myth that 'big labour' & 'big business' are equal
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 12:12 am | National Union of Public Employees
Vancouver - The mainstream media display a consistent bias toward the Liberal and Conservative parties by portraying "big business" and "big labour" as more or less synonymous. The impression created - and intended - is that the labour ... More >>
More, Higher Paid Maintenance Staff – Not Cuts
Monday, 21 February 2005, 9:37 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Further delays to a CDHB hospital maintenance proposal for change have angered workers who are calling for more trades staff and a 30% catch up in pay,” said Martin Cooney, Organiser of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) today. He was commenting ... More >>
Psychologists Ask Government To Fund Catch-Up
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 10:48 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Clinical Psychologists working for the Capital Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards have voted unanimously to call on the Labour Government to properly fund their Boards so they can negotiate pay increases in line with Doctors and Nurses who have ... More >>
NCEA Fails Nation’s Job Seekers
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 11:49 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Around 60,000 students leaving school with NCEA qualifications only will now face arbitrary judgements by employers on their academic and vocational abilities due to the failure of the system to provide consistency,” More >>
Legal Aid Staff Strike “Inevitable”
Monday, 7 February 2005, 11:56 am | National Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) members who work for the government body that grants legal aid will be on strike unless a last minute deal can be brokered this week. More >>
Cost Cutting Closes Café Weekends
Monday, 7 February 2005, 10:46 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Mental Health workers at Hillmorton Hospital say the decision to close the café on weekends by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is a further example of Government underfunding of health and is a major therapeutic issue for patients and ... More >>
Legal Aid Staff Strike “Inevitable”:
Monday, 7 February 2005, 10:19 am | National Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) members who work for the government body that grants legal aid will be on strike unless a last minute deal can be brokered this week. More >>
$700 Bonuses Mask 30% Pay Cuts Over 15 Yrs
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:21 am | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE rejects ACT’s statement that a one-off payment of $700 to NUPE members when they settled their CEA in March 2004 was made as an encouragement to workers to join Labour Party friendly unions,” said Nadine Marshall, National Secretary of the National ... More >>
$300m Government Injection Needed For Health Pay
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 11:45 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Health workers in the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) are calling on the Government to inject extra funds to provide for pay increases for all public sector health workers,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of the National Union of Public ... More >>
Legal Aid Staff Vote To Take Strike Action
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:18 am | National Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) members who work for the government body that grants legal aid have voted to take industrial action if their pay talks do not yield fruit next week. More >>
Fisheries Industry Requires Plan For Overfishing
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 1:08 pm | National Union of Public Employees
“NUPE supports the Maritime Workers Union’ view that over-fishing is occurring and being used by the industry and Government as an excuse for undermining NZ fishers’ wages,” Martin Cooney, organiser with the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) ... More >>
Speech Symptom Of Labour’s Philosophical Vacuum
Thursday, 20 January 2005, 12:59 am | National Union of Public Employees
“Labour Party spokesperson John Tamihere’s declaration that ‘there is no such thing as a left or a right any more’ and that ‘capitalism has won’ merely indicates how far to the right the Labour Party has swung,” said Nadine Marshall, Secretary of ... More >>
NUPE Response On Extravagant And Incorrect Claims
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 4:46 pm | National Union of Public Employees
''NUPE stands by its claims over cuts to CDHB maintenance and technical staff regarding a proposal for change involving job cuts by 18 February 2005 and denies they are either extravagant or incorrect,'' said Janice Gemmell, Organiser of the National ... More >>
CDHB Backtracks On Clinical Records Staff
Monday, 13 December 2004, 12:24 am | National Union of Public Employees
“The CDHB has been forced to back down to striking Clinical Records staff at Christchurch Hospital and reinstate extra staff to replace those who have been sent packing over the last two months,” said Martin Cooney, Organiser of the National Union of Public ... More >>
