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Truck drivers are illegally working up to 120 hours a week and say they are put in an impossible situation by their employers.

Behind the scenes, government agencies, local MPS and unions have been working up to two years to help find a new buyer and keep the mills 210 skilled staff in the region. However, in March, workers began preparing for the worst when the mill announced it was closing in June because its parent company was taking its work elsewhere. RNZ The Detail explores why the wood processing industry is under stress and why New Zealand continues to send so many raw logs to China without turning them into ...

An international consortium is in talks to rescue the mill from closure next month.

Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:08 pm Today’s long-awaited announcement that Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) are on the way for historically underpaid workforces like bus drivers, supermarket staff, healthcare workers and cleaners is a welcome landmark and could be the beginning of reclaiming those industries from a legacy of low pay and precarity, FIRST Union said today. FIRST Union represents bus drivers and supermarket workers nationally and will likely be beginning the FPA processes outlined by the Go...

Press Release – First Union Todays long-awaited announcement that Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) are on the way for historically underpaid workforces like bus drivers, supermarket staff, healthcare workers and cleaners is a welcome landmark and could be the beginning of reclaiming … Today’s long-awaited announcement that Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) are on the way for historically underpaid workforces like bus drivers, supermarket staff, healthcare workers and cleaners is a welcome landmark an...

Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under the ‘PTOM’ privatisation experiment that must end now, FIRST Union said today. The Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) is a framework developed in 2009 between Government, councils and private operators like NZ Bus that underpins the del...

Government told to include fully funded ambulance services in health reform 28 Apr, 2021 11:11 PM 3 minutes to read Rolling ambulance services into Health NZ is vital, a First Union spokesperson says. Photo / Michael Craig Rolling ambulance services into Health NZ is vital, a First Union spokesperson says. Photo / Michael Craig RNZ By Adam Jacobson of RNZ The Government is being told its huge health system overhaul should include a fully funded ambulance service. In countries like the United Ki...

Press Release – First Union Last weeks illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply arent fit to run New Zealands bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under … Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long lin...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:57 am Last week’s illegal lockout of Wellington-based NZ Bus drivers has yet again shown us that private businesses simply aren’t fit to run New Zealand’s bus systems, with this lockout becoming the latest in a long line of failures and breakdowns under the ‘PTOM’ privatisation experiment that must end now, FIRST Union said today. The Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) is a framework developed in 2009 between Government, councils and private operators ...

The government is being told its huge health system overhaul should include a fully funded ambulance service. The St John ambulance service relies in part on donations and volunteers. File image Photo: St John / Supplied In countries like the United Kingdom and Canada, ambulances are paid for by their governments - but here in Aotearoa the St John service service relies in part on donations and volunteers. First Union said the upcoming Health New Zealand initiative - which will see the distric...