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Workers First Union

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Employment 11 Apr 2025
Woolworths restructure: thousands of workers will lose hours and income

The restructure of Woolworths supermarkets, announced to staff by the company today following a consultation period, will result in a reduction in income for thousands of experienced workers and should not go ahead in its current form, Workers First Union said today.

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Employment 8 Apr 2025
When a pay rise is a pay cut - Briscoes and Rebel Sport workers to strike

Workers First Union members who work for major retailers Briscoes and Rebel Sport have rejected a deal containing pay ‘increases’ below the rising cost of living and have voted to begin strike action today by making their feelings about the "disappointing" pay offer known publicly (a ‘media strike’).

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Employment 18 Mar 2025
Our union's new name: 'FIRST Union' Becomes 'Workers First Union'

Workers First Union is pleased to announce that the union has now formally changed its name from ‘FIRST Union’ to ‘Workers First Union’ (or ‘Workers First’, for short) following a vote by delegates at the union’s Annual General Meeting in December 2024.

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Employment 16 Dec 2024
"A long fight" - Woolworths supermarket workers ratify new wage agreement

Over 10,000 FIRST Union members at Woolworths have ratified a new Collective Agreement (CA) after almost six months of "difficult" negotiations that have included the first full withdrawal of labour by the supermarket chain’s retail workers following an escalating campaign of strike actions.

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Employment 28 Nov 2024
Cardinal Logistics workers illegally locked out by "heartless" employer

AUCKLAND CITY — Around 35 FIRST Union members who work for Cardinal Logistics in Auckland have been illegally locked out of work today after withdrawing their labour earlier this week following more than a year and a half of unproductive negotiations with the company over a new Collective Agreement.

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Employment 17 Sep 2024
Future of 75 jobs at Auckland Pulp Mill in the balance

AUCKLAND CITY — A week after 230 workers heard the news of job losses due to the closure of the WPI sawmill and pulp mill in the Ruapehu District, another 75 pulp workers at the Oji pulp mill in Penrose are awaiting the announcement of their fate at 8.00 am on Wednesday 18 September.

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Employment 3 Oct 2023
Costco living wage settlement sets new standard for grocery pay

Nearly 200 FIRST Union members who work at Costco in Auckland are "setting a new standard" for the supermarket and grocery industry after ratifying the store’s first Collective Agreement, which includes starting rates above the living wage, penal rates and overtime.

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Employment 23 Apr 2023
Bank workers not seeing record profits reflected in their wages

Bank workers in New Zealand have not received pay increases that are anywhere near commensurate with continued profits of the 'Big Four' (ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac) over recent years.

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Economy 6 Apr 2023
Out-of-touch Reserve Bank putting unemployment ahead of wellbeing

FIRST Union is seeking answers on how rising unemployment, slower wage growth and less affordable housing can be squared off against the Government's commitment to the wellbeing of New Zealanders following today’s unexpected 50 basis point Official Cash Rate (OCR) hike.

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Banks 21 Mar 2023
Banking union calls for levy on bank profits

FIRST Union, the union for bank workers across New Zealand, is supporting calls for an immediate inquiry into bank profits and proposing a levy on excess profits to fund the establishment of a Ministry of Green Works.

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Employment 26 Oct 2022
Uber drivers win employment rights in historic Court case

New Zealand Uber drivers have won employment rights, with an historic ruling against the multi-billion dollar global giant arriving the morning after Labour Day.

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Employment 30 Apr 2022
Kiwifruit workers at Seeka call for secure wages in new agreement

Workers at Seeka, the largest kiwifruit producer in New Zealand and Australia, have written to the company to seek assurances during bargaining for a new Collective Agreement that there will be no wage reductions at the end of the harvest in June.

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