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School Bus Drivers- Posted 28 April 2020Maurice Davis message to members, Level 3 back to work
- Posted 24 April 2020Transitioning from Alert Level 4
We’ll soon be moving to alert level 3. PCBUs need to start getting ready now for a safe return to work.
Under alert level 3 more, but not all, businesses can start to operate. However they must take health and safety measures to keep their workers safe.
- Posted 24 April 2020Changes to the Employment Relations Act while the Epidemic Notice is in place
The government has decided that some rules for collective bargaining will be temporarily modified in the Employment Relations Act while the current Epidemic Notice is in place.
These changes extend timeframes involved in collective bargaining that would otherwise apply, and allow unions to notify an alternative ratification process if the previous ratification process is now impracticable (e.g. in person meetings).
- Posted 16 April 2020Maurice Davis (AWUNZ National Secretary) message to members, Week 3
- Posted 6 April 2020Maurice Davis (AWUNZ National Secretary) message to members, Week 2
- Posted 4 April 2020Maurice Davis (AWUNZ National Secretary) message to members, Week 1
- Posted 3 April 2020Radio interview: Coronavirus, Fletchers asks staff to take huge pay cut
- Posted 3 April 2020Call for all seasonal workers to receive living wage
The Amalgamated Workers Union (AWUNZ) says the government should pay the living wage to seasonal orchard workers.
The living wage is the income necessary to provide workers and their families with the basic necessities of life. AWUNZ General Secretary Maurice Davis believes seasonal orchard workers need an incentive to work.
- Posted 2 April 2020Union says Fletchers CEO and board out of touch
Amalgamated Workers Union New Zealand (AWUNZ) has described a take it or leave it offer from Fletcher Building Management to staff as disgraceful. AWUNZ National Secretary Maurice Davis said the union was more than disappointed with the scheme Fletcher Building had put to staff.
- Posted 2 April 2020Fulton Hogan
After some long discussions with Fulton Hogan, yesterday we were able to tell our members that we agreed with the proposal that the company had put out to the workforce. It was never going to be easy for the leadership team to come up with a package while they were basically 90% shut… thanks to our members and others who backed the plan.
