Otago Employment

Dunedin — E tū members working as journalists for Allied Press are walking off the job for a whole day to protest their employer's current offer on the table for their new collective agreement.

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Dunedin — KiwiRail today confirmed that 90 jobs at Hillside Railway Workshops will be slashed by the end of January, something the Rail and Maritime Transport Union says is a direct result of government policy.

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Dunedin — Dunedin workers will be joining a national action this Saturday 3 December with a picket outside the McDonalds George Street outlet, 232 George Street, Dunedin from 10.00am to 11.00am.

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Otago — A mass stop work meeting of the two main waterfront unions has unanimously supported a call to fight proposals by Port Otago to slash jobs.

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Otago — People considering stonemasonry as a career or interest to follow are urged to register soon for the year long 2012 Otago Polytechnic Certificate in Stonemasonry (Level 4).

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Otago — The two main waterfront unions have condemned a proposal to slash 12 jobs at Port Otago.

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Dunedin — Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says it is highly symbolic that Prime Minister John Key was in Los Angeles dining with Warner Brothers at same time as Kiwirail workers at Dunedin's Hillside workshops were being handed their redundancy letters.

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Dunedin — Greenpeace announced today that it supports the Keep Kiwis Working and the Rail and Maritime Union (RMTU) campaigns to save 41 workers at the Hillside rail plant in Dunedin from losing their jobs.

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Queenstown — Queenstown's award-winning five-star Millbrook Resort welcomes two local and experienced professionals to its sales teams this month.

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Dunedin — Alliance Party transport spokesperson Trevor Hanson says the decision by KiwiRail management to award the contract for 300 wagons to China's CNR rather than Hillside Workshops is an attack on jobs and local industry.

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Dunedin — Workers are taking to the streets of Dunedin to stop attacks on their rights at work.

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Dunedin — Dunedin workers are taking action against the National Government's proposed changes to workplace laws.

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Dunedin — The Maritime Union of New Zealand says an agreement it has reached with Port Otago Limited is a "win win" situation that will prevent job losses.

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Dunedin — An overtime ban at the Port of Otago has been suspended following last minute negotiations between unions and management.

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Dunedin — Minister of Trade Phil Goff has expressed his sympathy for workers at Fisher and Paykel’s Dunedin Plant who have lost their jobs.

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Dunedin — Plans to export about 500 ANZ National Bank jobs to India and lay off 50 staff from a Dunedin knitwear firm are a further blow to New Zealand workers, already stung by news of 430 layoffs from the Fisher and Paykel plant in Dunedin today.

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Queenstown — An accident occurred this afternoon on a work site on Camp Street, in central Queenstown, Queenstown Lakes District Council general manager engineering services Mark Kunath said.

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Dunedin — As provided in our media statement yesterday, the matter between Subway George Street, Dunedin and Jacqueline Lang is confidential between employer and employee, and is being dealt with in the appropriate forums.

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