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New Sick Leave Reductions Will Leave Retail Workers Feeling Queasy
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 2:05 pm | Workers First Union
Jess Fuller, a retail worker and member of the Workers First national executive, said the policy would not be warmly received by retail workers, who she said were already struggling to survive on ten days of sick leave. More >>
Are Foodstuffs Reneging On Agreement To Rehire Victoria Park New World Staff Displaced By Fire?
Friday, 1 August 2025, 10:34 am | Workers First Union
WFU is calling for Foodstuffs North Island - the cooperative comprised of New World and Pak’N’Save stores in the North Island - to prioritise hiring all displaced workers from Victoria Park and live up to their commitments to the union that no ... More >>
Kiwis Fleecing Kiwis: Why The Foodstuffs Model Is Failing
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 11:56 am | Workers First Union
"This is exactly what happens when the Foodstuffs model lets individual owners race each other to the bottom - it’s Kiwis fleecing other Kiwis," said Mr Lampert. "They proudly talk about ‘investing in the team’ while they chip away at pay, undermine ... More >>
Kmart Workers Secure New "Industry-Leading" Two-Year Living Wage Deal
Monday, 21 July 2025, 12:37 pm | Workers First Union
Rudd Hughes, Deputy Secretary (Retail) at Workers First, said he believed the new agreement put Kmart workers among the highest-paid retail chain workers in the country. More >>
New Report: Uber Shifted Millions Offshore, Avoiding $56m In NZ Tax
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 6:31 pm | Workers First Union
The report examines Uber’s local and global business practices and approach to revenue and taxation, concluding that Uber’s practice of misclassification extends beyond its exploitation of New Zealand employment law and exists as a foundational ... More >>
Luxon’s ACT Party Government Dragging NZ Workers Back In Time
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 1:18 pm | Workers First Union
"This Bill ‘amends’ employment relations in our country in the same way that a large earthquake ‘amends’ a city." More >>
Budget Must Deliver For Burnt-Out St John Workforce
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7:54 am | Workers First Union
She warned that unless this Budget delivers real improvements, ambulance officers could be forced back into the same impossible bargaining position as last year, when St John repeated that they couldn’t improve wages and conditions without additional ... More >>
End To The American War On Vietnam Remembered 50 Years On
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:17 pm | Workers First Union
The events will remember the brave struggle of the Vietnamese people for independence, the horrific action and atrocities of the US and allied forces in Vietnam and the protest activity that took place against the war on Vietnam in New Zealand in the ... More >>
"A National Embarrassment" - Workers First On Government’s Pay Equity Betrayal
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 1:16 pm | Workers First Union
Sheryl Cadman, Workers First Central Region Secretary, said that the plan announced today by Minister Brooke Van Velden reneges on decades of bipartisan work on pay equity because the current Government cannot manage the economy ahead of Budget 2025/26. More >>
Woolworths Restructure: Thousands Of Workers Will Lose Hours And Income
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 2:52 pm | Workers First Union
"A bakery or butchery manager will potentially face a decrease of about $15,000 to $17,300 per year, while other department managers will face average pay decreases ranging from nearly $10,000 to $11,700 per year under this proposal," said Mr Hughes. More >>
When A Pay Rise Is A Pay Cut - Briscoes And Rebel Sport Workers To Strike
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 12:11 pm | Workers First Union
Samuel Gilray, a sales assistant at Rebel Sport in Christchurch who has worked for the company for around 18 years, said workers were frustrated with the Briscoe Group’s approach to pay negotiations and were striking for a better future. More >>
IPL Fuel Workers Strike Begins Over Unfair Bonus Scheme Exclusion
Monday, 31 March 2025, 2:56 pm | Workers First Union
Despite multiple attempts to resolve the issue through mediation, IPL continues to offer the bonus only to non-union employees, a decision that Workers First says is unlawful under the Employment Relations Act 2000. More >>
IPL Fuel Testers To Strike Over "Unfair" Omission From Bonus Scheme Following Failed Mediation
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 2:00 pm | Workers First Union
The strike action is set to take place from March 31st and will last for six days between 12:01AM - 11:59PM on 31 March and 2-6 April. More >>
