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Union Seeks Support For Extensive Fishing Inquiry
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 11:20 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota will present to the Primary Production Select committee on Thursday 4 August in support of a petition, signed by over 12,000 people, called for an inquiry into the fishing industry. More >>
CPI Stats Show Need for $15 Minimum Wage
Monday, 18 July 2011, 2:48 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“Todays’ announcement of a 5.3 percent increase in CPI over the past year will be no surprise to low-paid cleaners, caregivers and other members of the Service and Food Workers Union on rates as low as $13.50 an hour,” said union National ... More >>
Fishing Inquiry Long Overdue Says Union
Friday, 15 July 2011, 3:40 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The union representing over 2,000 workers in the seafood industry says the inquiry into the industry is long overdue and must be extensive and robust to address the huge issues in the industry. More >>
EMA protest
Friday, 1 July 2011, 1:23 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
A lively mobile pay equity protest has shifted from outside an EMA meeting in Henderson Auckland to the EMA headquarters in Khyber Pass. More >>
Action on all fronts needed to lift women’s low pay
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:44 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Barbara Wyeth, national President of The Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota, has welcomed Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty’s pay equity private members’ bill as a small but valuable step towards achieving a living wage for undervalued ... More >>
Rising food costs a kick in the guts for families
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 2:12 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“Today’s announcement that food prices have risen 7.4 per cent in the past year will come as no surprise to struggling working families,” said John Ryall, National Secretary of the Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota. More >>
Chch Casino Workers Meet
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 11:54 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Media Advisory 7 April 2011 Christchurch Casino workers are meeting to discuss their employment future at 11am, tomorrow, Friday, 8 April, in the Westview Room of the Hornby Workingmen’s Club. This meeting is being organised by the Service and Food ... More >>
Casino workers welcome new deadline
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 11:31 am | Service And Food Workers Union
After discussions with the casino workers union [the Service and Food Workers Union], Christchurch Casino management has decided to extend the deadline for casino workers to choose whether to leave their jobs or stay. More >>
Tough to survive on minimum wage
Friday, 1 April 2011, 1:15 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Manurewa High School cleaners are getting a pay rise today because the minimum wage has gone to $13 an hour. But the cleaners say this is not enough to live on with the cost of living rising higher than the 25 cents an hour they will gain. Service ... More >>
Tough to survive on minimum wage
Friday, 1 April 2011, 12:05 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Manurewa High School cleaners are getting a pay rise today because the minimum wage has gone to $13 an hour. But the cleaners say this is not enough to live on with the cost of living rising higher than the 25 cents an hour they will gain. More >>
Government Must Fund Minimum Wages for Support Workers
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 9:34 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Government Must Fund Minimum Wages for Support Workers The Service and Food Workers Union today condemned the Government for forcing IHC to appeal to the Supreme Court over payment of the minimum wage for support workers working in community homes More >>
25c minimum wage rise does nothing to help low paid workers
Monday, 7 February 2011, 4:21 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
“The government’s 25 cent increase in the minimum wage will do nothing to improve the lives of low paid New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet,” says Service and Food Workers Union National Secretary John Ryall. More >>
Home of Compassion called to account
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:23 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Whanganui's Aubert Home of Compassion is the subject of a special sitting of the Employment Relations Authority in Whanganui on Wednesday (December 15). At this sitting the Service and Food Workers' Union and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation will ... More >>
Sealord Nelson Workers Ratify Employment Agreement
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 12:14 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Workers at the Sealord Vickerman St site in Nelson have ratified their Collective Employment Agreement, following almost two years of negotiations. Neville Donaldson, Assistant National Secretary of the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota ... More >>
Union gives Women's' Affairs Minister 90 days to 'shape up'
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 10:32 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota is challenging newly appointed Cabinet Minister Hekia Parata to take a lead and advance the cause of Pay Equity or stand down within her first 90 days. More >>
Union calls on Government to value the real people
Monday, 6 December 2010, 5:20 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union is supporting protests by unemployed workers today, which brought the human face of unemployment to the front door of the banks in Wellington today. More >>
Union condemns attack on workers' rights
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 10:06 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota has condemned the Government's decision to slash and burn workers rights, saying the changes are unnecessary, unfair and unreasonable. "The Government believes these changes will provide 'greater choice ... More >>
Aged care report a wakeup call says union
Friday, 15 October 2010, 2:25 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union has welcomed the release of a new report identifying the gaps in the provision of aged care services. More >>
IHC problems are Government's responsibility
Tuesday, 5 October 2010, 11:04 am | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union has called on the Government to abandon the legal fight against payment of the minimum wage for sleepovers in order to give certainty to disability and mental health providers. More >>
Union appalled by Select Committee narrow focus
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 4:32 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union are appalled that the Chair of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee seems to be under the impression that the committee are only hearing submissions on the 90 day provision, and that other issues such ... More >>
