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JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Mother of five and grandmother of 13 Jimaima Kose had a stroke and was unable to work. She became virtually homeless until she got some support from a local MP and her doctor - and now is a new tenant of Kainga Ora tenant. Grandmother Jimaima Kose cried tears of gratitude and relief when she was finally offered a new home after years on the public housing waiting list. “I cried. Even though I hadn’t seen the house I just said to my cousin, ‘I think God has answered m...

Press Release – E Tu E t Lifewise members are still battling to see a lockout taken off the table as their employer keeps them on the hook by withdrawing its lockout notices and then issuing new ones, causing stress and hardship to all involved. Their employer, Lifewise, … E tū Lifewise members are still battling to see a lockout taken off the table as their employer keeps them on the hook by withdrawing its lockout notices and then issuing new ones, causing stress and hardship to all inv...

Press Release – E Tu E tū Lifewise members are still battling to see a lockout taken off the table as their employer keeps them on the hook by withdrawing its lockout notices and then issuing new ones, causing stress and hardship to all involved. Their employer, Lifewise, issued lockout notices for two separate periods – both in February – after their homecare workforce took industrial action when Lifewise reneged on terms for a collective agreement and refused to address workers’ low ...

Who is actually calling the shots in this refusal to negotiate? Because if you look on the Lifewise website and read the “about our team page”, it’s full of wonderful claims of being wonderful reasonable intelligent compromising understanding and just generally godly people. So it can’t be any of those people, not the accountants or construction company owners, or property agent bigwigs or international management high flyers, including the Chief Executive. How could a whole page of w...

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Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:40 pm An Auckland faith-based organisation is threatening its homecare support workers with a lockout, after they have taken strike and picket action to win better working conditions. Since mid-2019, E tū Lifewise members have been asking for increased sick and bereavement leave to be incorporated into a first-time collective agreement, along with more guaranteed hours so they aren’t left struggling to pay their bills from week to week. Their employer, Lifewise, w...

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Homecare support workers plan to picket their employer tomorrow after they were threatened with a lock-out.