Industrial action - Instablogs
Industrial action
RSS
The Warehouse workers to strike
Dec 3 2009, Byron Clark

Retail workers at The Warehouse, a big box retail company based on the American Walmart model, have voted to strike. 2000 of the company’s 5000 employees are represented by the National Distribution Union which has been negotiating with The Warehouse...

Related Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
Colombian system in doldrums, judicial officials receiving threats from govt, police
Sebastian, Caracas
The UN expressed concerns Wednesday about threats made against Colombian judicial officials and warned that some were coming from the government and police. Following...
Colombia, Corruption, System Justice
made popular 11 hr. ago
(0)
Hired by Customs, but Working for the Cartels Success
Chad, Tempe
At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them...
US, War without borders, US marines
made popular 11 hr. ago
(1)
Twitter mania, Mother updated Twitter as her son, 2, lay dying
Steven, Liverpool
A mother posted messages on Twitter as rescue workers tried to save her dying son. Shellie Ross, who is in her 30s, sent out ‘tweets’ to the social networking site...
UK, Mother, Twitter
made popular 11 hr. ago
(0)
Muslims accuse FBI Tactics Sow Anger, Fear
Andrew, Tempe
The anxiety and anger have been building all year. In March, a national coalition of Islamic organizations warned that it would cease cooperating with the F.B.I. unless...
US, FBI, Muslims
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Strange case: First Eritrea's soccer team go missing in Kenya, now granted asylum
Isaac, Kampala
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has granted asylum to the 12 members of the National Football (Soccer) Team of Eritrea that defected in Kenya on...
Eritrea, Eritrea's soccer team, Asylum in Kemya national football team
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Black gold — Mexico’s latest illicit product
Patrick, Mexico City
First it was cocaine. Now Mexico’s drug kingpins are offering an even more addictive substance to their American customers: black gold. This isn’t slang for a new...
Mexico, Drug war, Killings
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Maoist child soldiers head home to Nepal after three years
Alfonso, Kathmandu
Nearly 3,000 child soldiers who fought as Maoist guerrillas in Nepal are finally to be released from the camps where they have been confined for the past three years,...
Nepal, Maoist, child soldiers
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Yemen grips on a-lQaida, kills 34 members in raids
Ghazi, San'a
Yemen today claimed to have killed 34 members of al-Qaida and captured 17 others in security operations in a country in which a growing jihadi presence is ringing alarm...
Yemen, Yemen crisis, Rebels
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
In Chile, the building blocks of prosperity
Pedro, Brasilia
For Floripa Lizama and her family, the past is their slapdash wood-plank home located next to an unsightly concrete canal. But they will soon be part of a new Chile,...
Chile, Prosperity, govt. house funds
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Venezuela's Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands
Cesar, Caracas
Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military...
Chavez, US threat, Dutch islands
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
Ship sinks off Lebanon with 83 aboard, dozens are still missing
Hasan, Beirut
The Lebanese navy said it has recovered 38 people and four bodies off the coast of northern Lebanon after a ship with 83 aboard sank Thursday. The rescue mission was...
Lebanon, Farry sink, Cargo ship
made popular 13 hr. ago
(2)
Scary report on Soutrh and Northern Sudan
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
Scary details that North and Southern Sudan are sliding back to war calls for immediate action before its too late. A newly released report has revealed that both...
Sudan crisis, War, arms
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
300 reindeer die tragic pre-Christmas death
Freestyler, Stockholm
It was bad enough that nearly 300 reindeer tragically drowned before Christmas after the ice collapsed on a Swedish river crossing. Then a company wanted to grind the...
Sweden, Reindeer, tragic pre-Christmas death
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
Bomb blast near mosque kills 10 in Pakistan
Arsalan, Islamabad
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near a mosque inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 10 people in the latest attack by...
Pakistan, Suicide bombing, Bombing ner Mosuqe
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
Iraq Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones For Under $26
Craig, Miami
Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military’s...
Iraq war, Iraq Insurgents, U.S. Drones
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
Father, Son, Grandson Found Shot To Death In Manhattan Apartment
Erick, Los Angeles
his son and grandson were shot to death in a Manhattan apartment by a man who wounded the youngest victim’s mother before falling to his death from a fire escape,...
US, Gunman, shooting
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
Twitter Hacked By Iranian Cyber Army
Steven, Liverpool
It’s not clear who the Iranian Cyber Army is, or if the group is actually responsible for sabotaging Twitter. During the unrest that followed Iran’s...
Iran, Twitter, ranian Cyber Army
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
Obama Care and the Liberal Obsession
Jack, Los Angeles
If President Obama’s health-care initiative fails, there is no longer a rationale for being a liberal in the United States. Everything else on liberalism’s...
US, Hath care, Democrates
made popular 14 hr. ago
(3)
Conference on 'Fight against Corruption' Ends with No Result
Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
Yesterday saw the closing of a three-day national conference to identify “best practices and effective measures” in the fight against corruption. The...
Endemic Corruption, Parallel Government, Anti-Corruption institutions
made popular 14 hr. ago
(0)
Wave of strikes sweeps Greece amidst the threats of bankruptcy
George, Athens
A wave of strikes culminating on Thursdays pan-worker mobilisation has been the response to the scaremongering of the government amidst the worsening economic crisis...
Greece, Protests, anniversary of riots
made popular 14 hr. ago
All Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
Auckland bus lockoutends after six days
Byron Clark, Christchurch
When Auckland bus drivers were at a standstill negotiating with their employer NZ Bus, a company owned by Infratil, they took a creative form of industrial action;...
NZ Bus, bus lockout, Infratil
made popular Oct 13 2009
(0)
Cheese factory workers strike in Waikato
Byron Clark, Christchurch
Thirty eight workers at an Open Country Dairy processing plant in Waharoa, Waikato walked off the job at 6pm on Wednesday night beginning an eight day long strike....
Open Country Dairy, industrial action, Politics & Society
made popular Sep 18 2009
(2)
Firefighters protest at opening of new firestation
Byron Clark, Christchurch
The new $4.9 million Mt Roskill fire station was opened in Auckland on Friday. Yet at the opening ceremony Prime Minister John Key was drowned out with shouts of...
John Key, fire fighters, industrial action
made popular Sep 14 2009
(0)
Locked out Zeal workers take action
Byron Clark, Christchurch
240 flight attendants employed by Air New Zealand subsidiary Zeal 320 Ltd began four days of industrial action yesterday as part of their campaign for fair pay. The...
EPMU, Air New Zealand workers, zeal 320
made popular May 8 2009
(1)
Air NZ cabin crew suspended for wearing wigs
Byron Clark, Christchurch
The New Zealand Herald is reporting that an Air New Zealand flight to Australia was grounded on Thursday after cabin crew members were suspended for donning wigs....
Air New Zealand, Zeal, EPMU
made popular Apr 3 2009
(0)
Recession underlying cause of recent strikes
Byron Clark, Christchurch
New Zealand saw strikes at two workplaces this weekend. On Saturday workers at produce distribution company Turners and Growers walked off the job. The workers plan to...
trade unions, Bus driver strike, recession
made popular Oct 13 2008
(1)
Fast Food workers take strike action
Byron Clark, Christchurch
McDonald’s workers at six stores in Auckland and Hamilton went on strike last Friday. The strikes are a protest over pay negotiations that have been stalled by...
McDonald's, McDonald's Strike in New Zealand, industrial action
made popular Oct 6 2008
(0)
Wellington Bus Drivers may Strike
Byron Clark, Christchurch
Yesterday Wellington bus drivers represented by the Wellington Tramways Union rejected a new pay offer from their employer, Go Wellington. The drivers also gave a...
wellington bus drivers, industrial action, trade unions
made popular Sep 23 2008
(0)
Coming industrial unrest?
Byron Clark, Christchurch
Unite Union secretary and New Zealand Herald columnist Matt McCarton wrote in his most recent column “Something is stirring among the workers...Three separate...
new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, industrial action
made popular Aug 5 2008
Related Tags
Air New Zealand Air New Zealand workers bus drivers bus lockout epmu Infratil lock out National Distribution Union new zealand new zealand labour party new zealand national party Politics & Society recession the warehouse Trade unions tramways union unemployment unite union Zeal zeal 320
12345678910Next
FAQ / Help
Move to top