'Lining up to kill someone': Truckies say they have no choice but to lie about work hours
Truck drivers are illegally working up to 120 hours a week and say they are put in an impossible situation by their employers.
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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 mill's 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 something more valuable. One of the two unions involved, First Union, welcomed the news and the be...
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 Government after legislation passes through Parliament. Secretaries of FIRST Union outlined the potent...
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 and could be the beginning of reclaiming those industries from a legacy of low pay and precarity, FIRS...