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Hospital bosses lack the will to settle dispute
Saturday, 19 May 2007, 4:23 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
2 days of mediation have failed to halt pending large scale industrial action in New Zealand's public hospitals involving 2800 service workers. More >>
Hospital contractors issue lockout notices
Thursday, 17 May 2007, 10:59 am | Service and Food Workers Union
A threatened lockout of cleaners, orderlies and kitchen staff by three out of four contract companies is being condemned by the Service and Food Workers Union as bully boy tactics and flying in the face of New Zealand's justice system. More >>
Service workers issue four thousand strike notices
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 5:23 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
In what is the largest number of strike notices ever issued, the Service and Food Workers Union has announced 4160 separate strike actions on behalf of two thousand eight hundred cleaning, catering and orderlies employed public hospitals. More >>
More stopworks hit hospitals
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 4:14 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
Hospital cleaners, kitchen, orderly and security staff will stop work tomorrow (Thursday 10th May) to vote on what could be one of the largest strike actions in public hospitals. 2500 members of the Service and Food Workers Union are expected to reject a pay offer ... More >>
Aged Care Funding Boost Welcomed
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 10:32 am | Service and Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Nga Ringa Tota, which represents Aged Care residential workers and those working in home care, has welcomed yesterday's Government funding announcement as a tremendous boost for low-paid workers. More >>
Air NZ Finance outsourcing proposal off the table
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:23 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Air NZ told 178 staff today that the proposal to outsource its Financial Shared Services to India had been withdrawn. More >>
Aussie cleaners go into bat for Kiwis
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 9:24 am | Service and Food Workers Union
In the ANZAC tradition this week cleaners across Australia and New Zealand will be celebrating their first year of campaigning together for the right to a decent job - whichever country they work in. More >>
SFWU seeks mediation with Air NZ
Friday, 13 April 2007, 5:26 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union is seeking urgent mediation to deal with alleged harassment of its union members by Air NZ managers. More >>
Low incomes primary concern for service workers
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 5:32 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
"Massey University's Home Affordability report, released tomorrow, reinforces what cleaners, caregivers and service workers all over New Zealand already know - housing affordability is the worst it's ever been," said Service and Food Workers Union National ... More >>
No threat to Air NZ jobs in outsourcing
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 10:10 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Reports that 400 jobs would go if Air NZ decided to outsource airport services to Swissport are wrong. Air NZ predicted that about 30% of its staff would choose to take redundancy and would not accept jobs with Swissport on lower pay and conditions. More >>
Air NZ offers $3000 bribe
Monday, 26 March 2007, 10:17 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Air NZ is offering a $3000 bribe to baggage handlers and check-in staff if they agree to cuts in their pay and conditions. More >>
Caregivers call out for respect and recognition
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 4:27 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
Auckland caregivers will be wearing a new piece of uniform tomorrow as hundreds of staff in the major corporate chains mark International Caregivers Week. Union members across dozens of sites will wear stickers in solidarity with one another and to highlight ... More >>
Poor Treatment of NZ Cleaners highlighted in Aust.
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 12:37 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Australian supporters of the Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign will assemble outside the Sydney's Town Hall today as part of an International Day of Action against Spotless Services - the largest contract cleaning firm in New Zealand. More >>
Hospital Workers Take Bargaining Case To Court
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 9:32 am | Service and Food Workers Union
The Service & Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota will be putting its bargaining for a MECA (multi-employer collective agreement) before the Employment Court tomorrow (Thursday 15 March) in an attempt to clarify employers' obligations to conclude a ... More >>
Catch-22 for Air NZ workers
Monday, 5 March 2007, 9:44 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Air NZ has told its ground-handling staff -- either accept cuts to your pay and conditions, or you will be outsourced. Yet if they accept the company’s latest proposal, the workers will be sitting ducks for future outsourcing, says the Service and Food Workers ... More >>
Air NZ's handsome profit at expense of workers
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 11:42 am | Service and Food Workers Union
Air NZ has deliberately set out to use the threat of outsourcing as leverage to try to extract concessions from the unions and this has contributed to the company's handsome profits, the Service and Food Workers Union says. More >>
Email campaign raises Air NZ's hackles
Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 12:28 am | Service and Food Workers Union
The Service and Food Workers Union has just received an update from Eric Lee of the international website Labour Start saying that in less than a week since the campaign against outsourcing was launched, more than 4000 messages have been sent to Air NZ, ... More >>
Cleaning company takes its cleaners to court
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 2:59 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
Cleaners and supporters planning Valentines Day Vigils calling for dignity at work have been met with a court case by cleaning company Total Property Services, says the Service and Food Workers Union. More >>
Lock up your bags. Swissport is coming!
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 2:28 pm | Service and Food Workers Union
European passengers traveling within New Zealand are constantly amazed that New Zealanders do not lock our bags while traveling on our domestic airline, Air NZ check-in staff say. More >>
Union Claims Victory in Campaign for Cleaners
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 10:18 am | Service and Food Workers Union
The Union representing cleaners, the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota (SFWU), has claimed a victory in their struggle to bring improvements to the Cleaning Industry with this week's payment of a 50 cents an hour increase for Total Property ... More >>
