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Mother Leads Strike Against Insulting Pay Rise
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 3:47 pm | Unite Union
Mother of Five Leads Strike Against Insulting Pay Rise Press Release Unite Union 21 December 2005 More >>
Mother Leads Strike Against Insulting Pay Rise
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 8:58 am | Unite Union
A lightning strike was called today at KFC Lincoln Rd by mother of five KFC shift manager, Susan Tuanui in response to the Government raising the adult minimum wage by only 75c and not removing youth pay discrimination. More >>
Mother of five calls strike against Poverty Wages
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 12:47 am | Unite Union
Shift Manager Susan Tuanui, mother of five, of Lincoln Rd KFC has called her workers out on a wildcat strike demanding $12, saying that the Government’ss announced minimum wage rise to $10.25 is still a poverty wage. More >>
Migrant Workers Strike against Poverty Wages
Monday, 19 December 2005, 9:17 am | Unite Union
Striking Pizza Hut workers served up pieces of a giant pizza for a fair slice of the multinational brands profits and to raise awareness of the disproportionate number of migrant workers living on minimum wage in New Zealand. More >>
Migrant Workers Strike For A Fair Slice Of Profit
Friday, 16 December 2005, 3:55 pm | Unite Union
Migrant workers will be serving up slices from a giant pizza tomorrow as part of the next SuperSizeMyPay.Com strike action at the Royal Oak Pizza Hut restaurant, 12 noon at 711 Mt Albert Rd, Auckland, Saturday 16th of December. More >>
Workers Rights are Human Rights
Friday, 9 December 2005, 8:30 am | Unite Union
Five days after a youth-led strike at a KFC store to highlight workplace discrimination based on age, the Minimum Wage Amendment Bill was chosen in parliament. More >>
Unite Supports Anti-Youth Rates Bill
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:51 pm | Unite Union
“Unite welcomes Sue Bradford's work to end youth rates through a private members Bill.” Grace Millar, Unite Secretary, said today. Tomorrow Sue Bradford will put her Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination Bill) in the private member's Bill ... More >>
Union Finally Meets With Members Following Tragedy
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 10:22 am | Unite Union
Unite union officials and its delegates and members met today to discuss working conditions at the cash-processing department of Armourguard after a worker collapsed and died at the end of an 18-hour shift. More >>
SuperSizeMyPay Supports Health Worker Strike
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 10:20 am | Unite Union
The SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign is supporting health workers from the National Union of Public Employees in their decision to strike before Christmas, some of whom start on as low as $9.70 an hour. More >>
KFC Workers Strike Against Youth Rates
Monday, 5 December 2005, 10:45 am | Unite Union
KFC workers in Balmoral went on strike Saturday in opposition to youth rates, which allow young workers to be paid less for doing the same work as their older counterparts. More >>
Small Country’s Workers Take On Big Name Brands
Monday, 5 December 2005, 8:42 am | Unite Union
Young workers in a small country at the bottom of the world are taking industrial action against multinational fast-food brands in a bid to create decent working conditions for low paid and minimum wage workers. More >>
Skateboard Competition Goes Ahead Despite Setback
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 11:29 am | Unite Union
A skateboarding competition created in order to raise public awareness of the SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign has been rescheduled after its original date, at the Grey Lynn Festival last Saturday, was cancelled. More >>
Teachers Union Supports Youth Rates Strike
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 10:55 am | Unite Union
High profile support for the ‘SuperSizeMyPay.Com’ strike against youth rates at Balmoral KFC, Saturday 2pm, has come from the Post Primary Teachers Association and well known activist and teacher, John Minto. More >>
Skateboard Competition Goes Ahead Despite Setback
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 8:18 am | Unite Union
A skateboarding competition created in order to raise public awareness of the SuperSizeMyPay.com campaign has been rescheduled after its original date, at the Grey Lynn Festival last Saturday, was cancelled. More >>
Youth Rates Smashed Up
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 3:42 pm | Unite Union
Today in Manners Mall young workers smashed a giant fast-food cup, decorated with the brands of some of the New Zealand companies that paid young workers less than adults, in a protest against youth rates. More >>
Starbucks Anti-Union Practices a Global Phenomenon
Monday, 28 November 2005, 6:54 pm | Unite Union
As Starbucks in the United States faces a hearing over allegations that managers dismissed employees for promoting unionisation, New Zealand fast-food workers are facing similar problems. More >>
Minimum Wage KFC Workers Vote To Strike
Monday, 28 November 2005, 1:04 pm | Unite Union
Youth workers earning as low as $7.13 an hour voted 100% in favour of striking on Saturday December 3rd, 2pm at the million-dollar refurbished Balmoral KFC store. More >>
Skateboarders Lend A Hand At Grey Lynn Festival
Friday, 25 November 2005, 5:10 pm | Unite Union
The Grey Lynn festival will be treated to more than just stalls and music tomorrow when local skateboarders join forces with the Unite workers union to raise public awareness of low wages. More >>
Worlds First Starbucks Strike Spreads To 10 Stores
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 6:28 pm | Unite Union
Workers from stores across Auckland walked off the job today to join the world’s first Starbucks strike, held on Auckland’s counter-culture café strip, Karangahape Rd, New Zealand. More >>
Worlds First Starbucks Strike, Auckland
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 5:24 pm | Unite Union
A world first is happening in the heart of Auckland city tomorrow, as multi-national giant Starbucks faces a workers strike. More >>
