Do you hear the people sing? At 430pm today, the workers will rise up against...
Les Miserables jumps off screen and comes to real life in an Auckland cinema. The dozen or so workers at EVENT Cinemas Highland Park theatre in Auckland have been offered only two weeks redundancy pay...
View ArticleFast food employers to use minimum wage rise to restrict wage increase for...
“Fast food employers will use the miserly 25 cent rise in the minimum wage to restrict thepay increases for thousands of workers” said Unite Union National Director Mike Treen. “Over the next few weeks...
View ArticleCops used as McDonald’s private security guards says Unite Union
Unite Union is accusing the police of allowing themselves to be used at private security guards by the fast food giant McDonald’s NZ. About 20 police were used to move a peaceful union picket away from...
View ArticleMcD’s Picketers assaulted
By Mike Treen, Unite Union National Director Members and supporters of Unite Union were assaulted last night by security staff at McDonald’s Linwood in Christchurch. A number of people were shoved,...
View ArticleMcD’s workers say “Give us a break!”
McDonald’s workers around New Zealand are taking action today with the message “Give us a break” because they claim that they are being cheated of their breaks by the company. Unite Union National...
View Article#fastfoodglobal protests kick off in Auckland
Workers in Auckland will be joining forces with fast food workers – in North and South America, across Europe, Asia, and in Africa – to stand up and take action for fairer pay, that anyone who works...
View ArticleSEVEN “ZERO HOUR” MYTHS VS REALITY
Some employers and politicians are trying to defend “zero hours” contracts as in the workers’ interest and trying to shift the focus away from the core problem of not having Results from Unite Union’s...
View ArticleZero Hour Myths exposed by Fast Food worker survey
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. Over a thousand fast food union members...
View ArticleSEVEN “ZERO HOUR” MYTHS VS REALITY
Some employers and politicians are trying to defend “zero hours” contracts as in the workers’ interest and trying to shift the focus away from the core problem of not having Results from Unite Union’s...
View ArticleZero Hour Myths exposed by Fast Food worker survey
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. Over a thousand fast food union members...
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