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Air New Zealand Announces 70 Jobs To Go To Fiji

Friday, 29 September 2006, 5:26 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Air New Zealand management have decided to go ahead with the proposal to outsource most of its finance department clerical work to Fiji. More >>

Thumbs Up For Hospital Workers

Friday, 1 September 2006, 10:05 am | Service and Food Workers Union

In an Employment Court judgment today, Service & Food Workers Union members employed at Wellington Hospital by OCS Limited were completely vindicated in their refusal to undertake daily thumb scanning in order to clock in and out of work. More >>

Air NZ - Privatisation By Stealth?

Thursday, 17 August 2006, 5:55 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Air NZ is preparing to outsource more than half its Finance Department to take advantage of cheaper labour overseas, with Fiji as the most likely option More >>

Hospital Service Workers See Red

Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 5:42 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

A nationwide series of actions involving workers from 21 District Health Boards will take place tomorrow highlighting the plight of thousands of low paid domestic and support staff. More >>

Strike action again today at Skycity

Friday, 11 August 2006, 12:23 am | Service and Food Workers Union

These workers are asking the question "Who's winning" in the casino industry? SkyCity says you, the customers, are winning... More >>

Inequalities for Pacific Island peoples

Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 5:11 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

"The Ministry of Social Development's recently released Social Report highlights disastrous inequalities for Pacific Island Workers in Aotearoa," said John Ryall, National Secretary of the Service and Food Workers Union, Nga Ringa Tota. More >>

Cleaners campaign for safer workplaces

Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:00 am | Service and Food Workers Union

While many of us are sleeping, cleaners go about their work in schools and office blocks around New Zealand. Cleaners work at unsociable times and sometimes in dangerous conditions and they are calling for change. More >>

Cleaners stand up and speak out for workers rights

Friday, 21 July 2006, 10:04 am | Service and Food Workers Union

Cleaners and their supporters held lively rallies in cities across Australia and New Zealand today as part of their global “Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners” Campaign. The campaign calls on building owners to take responsibility for the cleaning ... More >>

Cleaners defend workers rights

Thursday, 20 July 2006, 1:39 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

On Thursday cleaners in Auckland, Wellington and around Australia will be joining together to defend workers rights and send a message to those in the cleaning industry who won’t listen to cleaners’ concerns. More >>

Cleaner Rallying and NZ, Australia

Thursday, 15 June 2006, 10:09 am | Service and Food Workers Union

Reminder: Cleaners will be rallying in Auckland, Wellington and all over Australia today to highlight to situation for cleaners worldwide and award the 2006 Golden Toilet Brush Award to this year's winner ALLCO FINANCE GROUP Ltd. Union members cleaners ... More >>

Will Golden Toilet Brush compete with GOlden Boot

Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 3:59 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Across New Zealand and Australia cleaners and supporters will be marching this Thursday 15th June as part of the growing Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign. More >>

Union campaigns focus on Macquarie Bank

Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 5:51 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Macquarie, nicknamed "the millionaires' factory" is one of the largest and fastest-growing investment banks in the world. Aged care workers and cleaners are taking on this global giant to get a fair deal and we need your help. More >>

Cleaners take their message to Wellington's street

Thursday, 25 May 2006, 9:41 am | Service and Food Workers Union

Tomorrow (Thursday 25th May) cleaners will be taking their message about a Clean Start for the property services industry to the streets of Wellington. After making a presentation to the Industrial Relations Select Committee about the protection ... More >>

AMP buildings need a Clean Start Cleaners call

Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 5:22 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

The people who clean buildings owned by the AMP are sick of being ignored - tomorrow in ten cities across Australia and New Zealand they will make sure their voices are heard. More >>

Workers vote for One National Collective Agreement

Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 11:32 am | Service and Food Workers Union

While workers celebrated International Workers’ Day on Monday, public hospital cleaners, kitchen workers, orderlies and other service workers showed their commitment to a better future by voting overwhelmingly to support one national collective agreement ... More >>

Hospital workers unite for a living wage

Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:31 am | Service and Food Workers Union

Today over 2,500 cleaners, food service workers, orderlies and home support workers employed in public hospitals are voting to see if they want to be employed under one national employment agreement. More >>

Hospital workers unite for a living wage

Monday, 1 May 2006, 2:53 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Today over 2,500 cleaners, food service workers, orderlies and home support workers employed in public hospitals are voting to see if they want to be employed under one national employment agreement. More >>

Sky City censors union notices

Monday, 24 April 2006, 4:54 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota (SFWU) members are up in arms today after Sky City Auckland management revealed plans to prevent union access to a union-only notice board in reaction to recent notices posted. More >>

Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign

Friday, 21 April 2006, 4:34 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Cleaners from Perth to Auckland, Darwin to Hobart, and six major cities in-between, are celebrating the successful launch of the CleanStart More >>

Ten city launch for community/union campaign

Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 2:46 pm | Service and Food Workers Union

Religious and community leaders will join hundreds of cleaners from across Australia and New Zealand tomorrow ( 20 April 2006) to help launch the Clean Start – Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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