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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 >>

McDonald's workers need support on May Day

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 1:05 pm | Unite Union

Unite Union is calling on all New Zealanders to give support to McDonald's workers this Friday, May 1st by tooting their support when they see pickets outside stores and not buying a burger on that day. More >>

Unite to represent Amanda Bailey

Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 12:54 pm | Unite Union

Unite Union has agreed to represent Amanda Bailey, the waitress at the centre of the repeated harassment involving the Prime Minister. More >>

Unite calls strikes at Maccas

Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 3:48 pm | Unite Union

McDonald's has walked out of bargaining with Unite Union today despite taking the first steps towards a meaningful offer around ending zero hour contracts. Unite National Director Mike Treen says the union was bewildered by the company action. More >>