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McDonald's worker backpaid for being rostered Zero hours
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 2:38 pm | Unite Union
A 19 year old Unite union member has reclaimed over $1200 in backpay after complaining that she wasn't rostered at all, for three weeks in a row. More >>
Striking St John ambos begin “events ban” from today
Saturday, 17 December 2016, 9:01 pm | Unite Union
Striking St John ambos begin “events ban” from today Approximately 1000 members of Ambulance Professionals First, the network within FIRST Union representing ambulance officers at St John, will refuse to staff summer events from today. Two events that ... More >>
Unite calls for NZ Super Fund to divest from fossil fuels
Friday, 28 October 2016, 1:27 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union’s elected worker’s executive recently passed a motion demanding that the NZ Super Fund withdraw all investments (divests) from the coal, oil and gas projects that are driving climate change. Unite joins climate action group 350 Aotearoa, several ... More >>
McDonalds cuts Ronald's hours - union wants to help
Friday, 21 October 2016, 4:04 pm | Unite Union
Unite union has made a public appeal for Ronald Mcdonald to make contact about dramatic cuts in his hours of work. More >>
Unite hails agreement with Restaurant Brands on hours
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 9:22 am | Unite Union
Restaurant Brands and Unite Union have amended their collective agreement to have workers' hours and shifts guaranteed permanently. More >>
Housing activists protest at "The Block" open house
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 3:17 pm | Unite Union
Housing activists will be organizing a protest this Saturday at the open home event for TV3's The Block. More >>
Restaurant Brands reaches deal with Unite Union
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 1:50 pm | Unite Union
Restaurant Brands have agreed that existing staff will be offered the same terms of the collective agreement with Unite Union in future franchising of Carl's Jr stores. More >>
International Day of Action for fast food workers April 14
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 10:38 am | Unite Union
Unite is targeting Restaurant Brands, owners of the KFC, Carl's Jr, Pizza Hut and Starbucks brands, as part of its international day of action for fast food workers on April 14. More >>
Holiday pay miscalculation more than a “mistake”
Monday, 4 April 2016, 9:13 am | Unite Union
It is simply not credible that nearly every major employer and payroll providing service made a "mistake" in calculating their annual leave entitlements. More >>
Unite targets fast food employers in Holiday Pay breach
Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 2:22 pm | Unite Union
Unite is writing to all the major fast food companies today to seek a reassurance they will now comply with the law. More >>
Unite Union hails legal end to zero hour contracts
Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 1:57 pm | Unite Union
This is a product of the successful campaign that Unite Union waged last year to end their use in the fast food industry. More >>
Make the minimum wage a living wage!
Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 9:30 am | Unite Union
Today's announcement of a 50 cent increase in the minimum wage from April 1 will still mean workers unable to survive on a full-time wage and the state subsidising employers who pay low wages. More >>
Skycity Workers vote against TPPA
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 9:06 am | Unite Union
"Skycity workers may have to watch the TPPA being signed, but they have voted overwhelmingly against it" said Joe Carolan, Convenor of the Skycity Employees Association of Unite Union. More >>
Paris: Unite union condemns exclusion of ‘just transition’
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 2:32 pm | Unite Union
Unite union condemns the exclusion of ‘just transition’ measures in the Draft Paris Outcome and stands with world’s most vulnerable and against the corrupted COP process. More >>
Support Christmas Island detainees - protest Wednesday
Monday, 9 November 2015, 5:30 pm | Unite Union
A prisoner uprising is currently underway in one of the Australian detention camps located on Christmas Island. The camp population is a mix of asylum seekers and New Zealanders being forcibly removed from Australia following a term in prison there. More >>
Subway's sub-standard approach to zero hours
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 12:25 pm | Unite Union
Subway's sub-standard approach to zero hours shows why Minister needs to do what he promised More >>
Union welcomes Charanpreet Dhawliwal Coroners findings
Friday, 23 October 2015, 4:25 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union welcomes the recommendations made by Coroner Ryan that an Approved Codes of Practice needs to developed to improve worker safety in the security industry. The implementation of a universal standard will make a meaningful improvement to ... More >>
Unite says Woodhouse lied over ending zero hour contracts
Friday, 21 August 2015, 11:23 am | Unite Union
Unite Union National Director Mike Treen says the Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse has repeatedly lied to New Zealanders when he said that he would bring and to end zero hour contracts. More >>
Guaranteed min. hours won't end zero hour contract abuses
Sunday, 12 July 2015, 12:37 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union National Director Mike Treen says a guaranteed minimum number of hours in a contract is not enough to end the abuses possible under zero hour contract regime. More >>
Unite claims victory over zero hours at McDonald's
Friday, 1 May 2015, 9:02 am | Unite Union
Unite Union has reached an agreement with McDonald's over ending zero hour contracts and other issues in dispute with the company. More >>
