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Look at these awesome pictures of Nelson Woolworths members on strike today @NZPSA & @FIRST_Union
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Concerning findings from the first annual grocery report: shopper spend is rising, as are grocery margins. This underscores the importance of rejecting the Foodstuffs merger and taking more radical steps to reduce prices for working families. @FIRST_Union comcom.govt.nz/__data/assets…
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Now out from paywall. Privatisation turned our gentailers into cash cows that paid $10.8 billion in dividends in the last decade while increasing generating capacity by 1%. This is now destroying manufacturing employment. Nothing to do with offshore gas. newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/23/el…
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Palmerston North Local NZPFU Members out in force supporting striking Ambulance Officers at their day of action with @FIRST_Union
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NZPFU Christchurch Local members support striking Ambulance Officers in their fight for safe staffing and reasonable pay 🚑❤️🚒 @FIRST_Union
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Energy data released last night by the Electricity Authority shows that big generators made big margins in their generation activities - $119m in one week alone. $512m over six weeks - equivalent to $4.4bn annually. That profit comes at a cost. A 🧵 public.tableau.com/app/profi…
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Perhaps @FIRST_Union could amend their strike notice so members can dress up as Scrooge McDuck to more accurately represent their employer.
It’s a bit… *cringe* for #Woolworths to ask supermarket workers to pay for, create and dress up in Disney costumes for a promotion this week while nearly 10,000 staff are currently on strike... rnz.co.nz/news/business/5250…
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Workers at Woolworths are campaigning for living wages and conditions they need. Let's get behind them: iso.org.nz/2024/08/10/interv…
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@woolworths your staff have just taken this extraordinary step in going to the people with their plight. Shame on @Woolworths for not paying the Living Wage. My groceries were delivered with this note in each bag. Please share, Kiwis. This is outrageous.
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On the left are monthly wholesale electricity prices. August only has a few days data (maybe it'll come down?) On the right we can see the collapse of gentailer investment post-privatisation vs their dividend payments over that period. I wonder if there's any connection here.
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This morning Mercury CEO Vince Hawksworth told Morning Report that their profits were right in line with other listed companies in NZ. This is the problem. Electricity is a fundamental right, and shouldn't be in private ownership.
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Oji announces 75 likely redundancies at their Penrose site, driven by surging electricity prices. For every dollar of investment by our gentailers in the past decade, they've paid $2.41 in shareholder dividends. Privatisation is a disaster. rnz.co.nz/news/business/5243…
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We stand in solidarity with @FIRST_Union members at Countdown/Woolworths, on strike for a living wage, safe staffing minimum standards and penalty rate for night and weekend work. They're worth it! Tū kotahi, tū kaha.
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Frontline ambulance officers at ‘breaking point’ are stepping up strike action, but their employer says everything’s fine.
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The union for ambulance workers accuses Hato Hone St John and Government ministers of being misleading and disingenuous over staffing levels 👇
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The report commissioned by Brazil (current G20 Presidency) says a 2% tax on billionaire wealth would raise US$200-250bn per year. Extending to those with more than $100m would net an additional $100-140bn. nzherald.co.nz/business/mini…
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The Minister of Employment Relations launched a new front on workplace conditions. If implemented it would be arguably the biggest threat to workers' core rights for a generation. Its consulting on if you should be allowed to call yourself an employee. A🧵 rnz.co.nz/news/political/520…
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A recent survey by @FIRST_Union reveals severe understaffing in NZ supermarkets and grocers, leading to increased stress and safety concerns for workers.
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#HRInsights #WorkplaceSafety #SupermarketStaffing #EmployeeWellbeing
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If Foodstuffs wants to be "one national business" it needs to centrally bargain wages and conditions across the entire group. There are currently dozens of collective agreements, and the majority of employees fall outside their coverage. If Woolworths can, why not Foodstuffs?
