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MP's pay rise ten times that of minimum wage worker
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 10:40 am | Unite Union
The pay rise approved for MP's is ten times that of a full-time minimum wage worker. More >>
Minimum wage increase useless without end to zero hours
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 12:12 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union has welcomed the 50 cent an hour increase in the minimum wage but says that no matter what level the minimum wage reached it is of little benefit unless it is combined with an end to zero hour contracts. More >>
Zero Hour Myths exposed by Fast Food worker survey
Friday, 20 February 2015, 1:12 pm | Unite Union
A major survey of fast food workers in New Zealand has exposed the reality of “Zero Hour Contracts” for workers and some of the myths used to justify them. More >>
Wendy's accused of intimidating workers to stop striking
Wednesday, 18 February 2015, 12:21 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union has accused the Wendy's corporation of intimidating workers to stop striking. Workers have been pulled aside by managers to caution them against striking "or there would be consequences for their future at Wendy's". One union ... More >>
American fastfood strikers tour NZ, fighting Zero Hours
Friday, 6 February 2015, 11:05 am | Unite Union
Two McDonald’s workers from the “Fight for15 LA” campaign in Los Angeles will be visiting New Zealand from February 9 to 17. Anggie Godoy, 19, and Genoby Jimes, 27, are in New Zealand to support Unite Union’s campaign against zero hour contracts ... More >>
U.S. McDonalds’ Workers Visit NZ After Huge Campaign Year
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 5:32 pm | Unite Union
2014 was a massive year for Fast Food workers in the U.S. Two McDonalds’ worker from Los Angeles are visiting New Zealand this month to tell the story and work with fast food workers in New Zealand to keep building the momentum in 2015. More >>
Negative impact of zero hour contracts
Monday, 1 December 2014, 10:36 am | Unite Union
The issue of zero hours contracts and their negative impact on workers will feature at the opening session of the Unite Union conference at 9am, Monday December 1. More >>
Zero hour contracts undermine workers’ rights
Monday, 1 December 2014, 10:05 am | Unite Union
Unite Union has pledged to campaign against zero hour contracts in 2015 because they say they are used to undermine basic rights of workers. At their national conference today Unite discussed recent cases where the existence of these type of agreements ... More >>
Employer caught abusing new ‘teabreaks law’
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 2:58 pm | Unite Union
Employer caught abusing new ‘teabreaks law’ to exploit workers The government passed the controversial ‘teabreaks’ legislation only a few weeks ago and already Unite Union has caught an employer using this law as an excuse for ill-treating their ... More >>
Skycity Contracting Out Plan Blocked
Saturday, 15 November 2014, 11:00 am | Unite Union
A plan to contract out the cleaning services at SkyCity casino in Auckland have been effectively blocked by an Employment Relations Authority decision that the company had acted in breach of its legal and contractual obligations. More >>
Union accuses SkyCity CEO of misleading public
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 3:11 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union has accused SkyCity CEO Nigel Morrison of misleading the public over the cut in hours for a staff member who raised the issue at the company's AGM. More >>
SkyCity worker says she faces losing her house
Monday, 20 October 2014, 10:33 am | Unite Union
SkyCity worker Carolyn Alpine told the company annual shareholder's meeting today that she faced the prospect of losing her house because the company had cut her shifts from two a week to one without consultation. More >>
Security guards - Minimum wage and no equipment
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 3:28 pm | Unite Union
The recent murderous attack on WINZ staff in Ashburton a has resulted in the beefing up of the presence of security guards at WINZ offices across the country. More >>
Unite Union welcomes Labour Party increase to minimum wage
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 2:11 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union welcomes the announcement today by the Labour Party to increase the minimum wage by $2 per hour by early 2015. More >>
Unite Union joins Global Day of Action
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 9:29 am | Unite Union
Low wage workers will rally outside McDonalds flagship restaurant in Auckland today (Thursday 15th May) as the first action in a new worldwide campaign for fair pay, and the right for fast food workers to join unions. More >>
Protest on Super Liquor Slavery in Papatoetoe
Monday, 23 December 2013, 4:33 pm | Unite Union
A picket is planned for outside the Super Liquor store in Papatoetoe at 3.30pm this Saturday (21 December) to protest against the theft of tens of thousands of dollars in wages from a migrant worker from India. More >>
Letter to HRC over KFC sacking workers with disabilities
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 3:18 pm | Unite Union
The following letter was written by Unite National Director Mike Treen to the Human Rights Commission to seek their assistance in dealing with what the union considers illegal discrimination against workers with disabilities. More >>
Unite Waitemata: No to New Child Protection Laws
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 4:02 pm | Unite Union
The Waitemata Branch of the Unite Union says that National’s proposed new child protection laws will not protect children, and will simply do further harm to families, already devastated by welfare reforms. More >>
“Let’s Get Waitakere Moving Without Paula Bennett”
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 9:39 am | Unite Union
Interest is building in a protest at Paula Bennett’s Office at 6.45 pm, Thursday 15 August , against the welfare reforms; called by Unite Waitemata. More >>
Unite Union decries WINZ wage subsidy to McDonald's
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:25 pm | Unite Union
Unite Union is questioning the $270,000 paid by WINZ as a wage subsidy to McDonald's between July 2009 and June 2013. "This subsidy is only for the stores directly owned by the US fast food giant. 80% of stores in New Zealand are franchisee owned so the ... More >>
