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Disability support workers to picket and fundraise
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 5:28 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Members of the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota will bring an unusual twist to the latest round of their industrial action on Tuesday [6 April] in the latest round of their ongoing dispute with IHC. More >>
SFWU Welcomes Breakthrough Settlement in Health
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 4:47 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Nearly 1500 Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) members will receive a 2% pay increase from tomorrow thanks to the breakthrough negotiations between the three biggest unions in the public health sector. More >>
Parliamentary cleaners take plea to Speaker
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 4:52 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Parliamentary cleaners have taken their plea for a Living Wage directly to the Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith. More >>
Parliamentary Cleaners take industrial action
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 3:25 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Cleaners at Parliament will be taking industrial action for the first time ever tomorrow (Wed 17 Feb) over their employer's refusal to pay a decent Living Wage. More >>
Workers to protest over missing pay
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 3:00 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Workers [who were made redundant from the Blue Dove Health/Pacificare Trust aged care facility in Mangere last month] will be picketing outside Guardian Trust [48 Shortland St, Auckland] at 4pm this afternoon. More >>
Auckland Airport cleaners take industrial action
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 11:32 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Cleaners at Auckland airport will be taking industrial action tomorrow (16 Feb) over their employer’s refusal to pay a decent Living Wage. The cleaners - who are employed by cleaning contractors OCS and ISS - are paid just above the minimum wage ... More >>
$15 Min Wage, Not 15% GST Says SFWU
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 5:27 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union, which represents over 22,000 workers in some of the lowest paid jobs in New Zealand has expressed concern at the Prime Minister's comment today that the Government is "carefully considering" a "modest increase in ... More >>
Minimum wage increase insufficient and demeaning
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 3:38 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota says a 25 cent increase to the minimum wage is insufficient and demeaning to the 100,000 people in New Zealand who earn on or about the minimum wage. “Whilst an increase to the minimum wage is positive, ... More >>
Brash's prescription closes Tasman 'wealth' gap
Friday, 4 December 2009, 5:29 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
New Zealand workers are well aware we earn less than our neighbours in Australia, but the 2025 Taskforce solutions won't solve the problem. Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) Northern Region Secretary Jill Ovens, says the Union's members who work ... More >>
Industrial action at Presbyterian Support likely
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:56 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The unions representing healthcare assistants, support staff and nurses, employed at 15 Presbyterian Support Central (PSC) sites across the Lower North Island have issued strike notices for industrial action of up to 24 hours on 6/7, 8/9 and 10/11 ... More >>
0% won't pay the rent
Friday, 27 November 2009, 10:34 am | Service And Food Workers Union
More than 6000 service workers employed by District Health Boards (DHBs) and community support workers employed by IHC and Focus 2000 are on strike today to protest the Government's wage freeze. Orderlies, food service workers, cleaners and security ... More >>
Community Support worker strike over wage freeze
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 11:14 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Over 3000 community support workers employed by IHC, New Zealand’s largest provider of services to people with intellectual disability, will strike on Friday (27 November) in protest at their employer’s nil wages offer. Service and Food Workers Union ... More >>
Public Hospital Service Workers to Strike Friday
Monday, 23 November 2009, 3:39 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Over 2700 public hospital service workers will be striking for four hours this Friday (27 November) to protest at the wage freeze that is being imposed on them by District Health Boards and the Government. More >>
Hospital Workers support mass work stoppage in Nov
Friday, 16 October 2009, 5:20 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
Hospitals workers protesting the Government's wage freeze today strongly supported a resolution calling for a "mass protest stoppage of up to 24 hours in November involving as many public sector and publicly-funded workers as possible". More >>
Hospital Workers to protest over wage freeze
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 3:05 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
More than 2700 hospital workers at 35 public hospitals from Kaitaia to Invercargill are holding a Day of Action with pickets outside the hospitals on Friday, 16 October. The workers, who are members of the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota, ... More >>
Hospital Workers to protest over wage freeze
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 3:01 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
14 October 2009 For immediate release Hospital Workers to protest over wage freeze More than 2700 hospital workers at 35 public hospitals from Kaitaia to Invercargill are holding a Day of Action with pickets outside the hospitals on Friday, 16 October. ... More >>
Kiwi cleaners join worldwide stand against poverty
Monday, 12 October 2009, 10:29 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Low paid cleaners and their supporters will rally in Auckland tomorrow (Tuesday 13 October) to stand up against poverty in New Zealand. The action is being held in the lead up to the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty ... More >>
SFWU sends condolences to Samoan and Tongan people
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 5:29 pm | Service And Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union has expressed their condolences to all those who have lost friends, family and loved ones in the recent tsunami in Samoa and Tonga. The SFWU represents over 22,000 members in New Zealand, 23% of whom are Pacific Islanders. ... More >>
Union Condemns Sticker Ban
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 9:37 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Union Condemns Sticker Ban The Service and Food Workers Union has condemned the action of Parliament’s Speaker Lockwood Smith in refusing to allow a “Cleaners are worth more” sticker to be tabled in the House. Parliament’s cleaners, ... More >>
Cleaners to take action over poverty wages
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 9:37 am | Service And Food Workers Union
Cleaners working for contractors in schools, shopping malls and commercial buildings across New Zealand will be taking to the streets today (Wednesday 23 September) to draw attention to the poverty wages they are paid. The cleaners, who are members ... More >>
