‘Opportunist’ introduction of youth rates won’t be taken lying down
Date of Release: Wednesday, May 1, 2013As the government’s new youth pay law comes into effect today, a large group of Auckland supermarket workers are taking action to prevent a wage cut through youth...
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Pak n Save workers speak out against youth rates
Article Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013Pak n Save workers were the first to speak up against the new youth rates law which came into force today.From today employers can cut by 20% the minimum wage for 16...
View ArticleGiant rat outs South Auckland’s rat supermarket employer
Date of Release: Wednesday, May 1, 2013Following today’s action outside PaknSave Royal Oak, the attention turns tomorrow morning to PaknSave Manukau, where a picket will be joined by a giant inflatable...
View ArticleFIRST Union on Marcus Lush Breakfast on RadioLIVE
Media Link: http://podcast8495250050.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-05-05T01_05_33-07_00.mp3Date of Release: Sunday, May 5, 2013FIRST Union's Maxine Gay speaks with Marcus Lush on RadioLIVE. External...
View ArticleWorkers rally at Pak n Slave
Media Link: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2553671/workers...Date of Release: Sunday, May 5, 2013FIRST Union's Maxine Gay speaks on Radio NZ's Morning Report on Pak n...
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Youth rates decried
Media Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/8671374/Youth-rates-de...Date of Release: Wednesday, May 15, 2013Supermarket staff are going back to the bargaining table following...
View ArticleFoodstuffs DC settlement
Article Date: Sunday, June 30, 2013A new Foodstuffs Auckland Distribution Centre agreement has been reached. The two year deal includes a pay increase of 2.5 per cent for the first year and 3 per cent...
View ArticleSouth Island Pak’n Save and New World workers to be unionised
Date of Release: Friday, November 6, 2015Body: The retail workers’ union is about to begin recruiting members in Foodstuffs franchises across the South Island in an effort to lift pay and conditions to...
View ArticleUnion pickets Foodstuff’s Christchurch headquarters after workers turn to...
Date of Release: Friday, August 5, 2016Body: The union representing working people in Pak’n Save and New World stores is picketing Foodstuff’s South Island CEO Steve Anderson after learning that some...
View ArticleUnion calls on Dunedin New World to close North-South wage gap
Date of Release: Saturday, August 6, 2016Body: FIRST Union, the union representing working people in retail, is criticising Dunedin’s Centre City New World for keeping wages lower than equivalent...
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