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Government’s Brutal Reminder of Aim to Lower Wages
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 9:30 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota has condemned the Government’s proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act, which was introduced to Parliament tonight. More >>
Government’s brutal reminder of aim to lower wages
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:43 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota has condemned the Government’s proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act, which will have their first reading in Parliament tonight. More >>
Nurses in Schools a Boost for Low-Income Working Families
Sunday, 2 June 2013, 12:14 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota supports the Green Party’s Nurses in Schools proposal, announced today. More >>
Lowest paid need living wage most of all
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 3:27 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota has congratulated Hamilton City Councillors who have voted today to bring in a living wage over the next two years, but asked them to include the lowest paid in their workforce. More >>
More Evidence of Growing Need for Living Wage
Monday, 20 May 2013, 12:39 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“A report released by the Salvation Army today adds weight to the growing volume of evidence of a significant working poor who are slipping into poverty in our country,” said Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota National Secretary John Ryall ... More >>
Service Union Calls On MP to Apologise to All Hospitality Workers
Friday, 3 May 2013, 9:45 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The union representing hospitality workers is calling on National MP Aaron Gilmore to formally apologise to all hospitality workers across New Zealand and resign if it is confirmed that he threatened to get a worker sacked by using the Prime Minister’s ... More >>
Dementia funding too little and too late
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 4:23 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union says today’s announcement of an additional $70 million for aged care services in the 2013 Budget is too little too late. More >>
Mean-minded Labour law changes will increase poverty
Friday, 26 April 2013, 1:19 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“The Government’s proposed changes to labour laws are mean-minded and will increase poverty and inequality in New Zealand,” said John Ryall, National Secretary of the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota today. More >>
Out of touch government condemns low paid workers to poverty
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 12:57 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota Media Release 26 February 2013 Out of touch government condemns low paid workers to poverty More >>
Aged Care workers get a Parliamentary slap in the face
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 11:57 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) said today the Parliamentary Health Select Committee has given residential aged care staff a slap in the face after the committee failed to take action on the concern of over ten thousand petitioners. More >>
New Zealand Living Wage $18.40 an hour
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 9:00 am | Service And Food Workers Union
A landmark report released today identifies $18.40 an hour as the New Zealand living wage. More >>
Low-wage families need new housing policies
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 1:10 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union has strongly backed the Green Party housing initiatives announced today. More >>
Failure To Make Maldives’ Rep' Accountable Unacceptable
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 2:18 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“Our Government’s failure to pull our representative in the Maldives into line and require that he complies with a local court order is totally unacceptable and bad for our international reputation,” said Service and Food Workers Union National ... More >>
Uncaring Government attacks the lowest paid again
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 4:07 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“The National Government’s decision to consider submissions on the minimum wage every four years instead of annually and change the way the review is done is a blatant attack on low-paid workers,” said Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota ... More >>
Pay woes affect cleaners and caretakers too
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:15 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
It’s not only teachers’ pay that has been plagued with problems since the Ministry of Education’s $30 million Novopay system was introduced in August, the Service and Food Workers Union said today. More >>
Government Strips Employment Rights from Vulnerable Workers
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 2:07 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“The National-led Government has just stripped away the rights of New Zealand’s most vulnerable workers by removing the much-needed protections of Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act,” said Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota ... More >>
Poverty pay won’t give young workers skills or jobs
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 11:28 am | Service And Food Workers Union
“The Government’s plan to cut pay for 16 to 19 year olds won’t create any jobs or give young people any skills,” said Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota national secretary John Ryall today. More >>
It’s official — the working poor just got poorer
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 1:00 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
4 October 2012 It’s official — the working poor just got poorer “Statistics NZ figures showing near-record low increases in hourly rates will be no surprise to the country’s lowest earners,” said Service and Food Workers Union National ... More >>
Government not listening to growing concern on poverty
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 11:19 am | Service And Food Workers Union
“The Government is not listening to the growing community concern about poverty and inequality in New Zealand. If they were they would have taken the opportunity today to lift the wages of our lowest paid workers,” said Service and Food Workers ... More >>
Lifting low pay must be part addressing child poverty
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 3:17 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The union representing some of New Zealand’s lowest paid workers has welcomed the Children’s Commissioner’s expert advisory group’s report on child poverty, but says lifting New Zealand’s low pay rates must be part of the solution. More >>
