Thousands rally against new employment laws
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government workplace changes.
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government workplace changes.
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.
Thousands of workers have gathered in Auckland and Wellington as 28 protests against new employment laws take place around NZ.
District health boards have asked the Government to "review" the right of health workers to strike, saying patients are being harmed.
Thousands of workers to protest proposed new laws in 28 towns from Kaitaia to Bluff today.
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Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman maintains he is unaware of any golden handshake to Paul Henry and says it would be "inappropriate" to find out.
A Canadian actors' union has sided with its Kiwi counterparts in a dispute over employment terms on Peter Jackson's The Hobbit films.
The glow is starting to fade on working life in the lucky country.
Actor Sam Neill says the dispute between the actors' unions and 'The Hobbit' producers could be resolved with a simple cup of tea.
Australian MP Eric Abetz is accusing the actors' union advocating a boycott of the film The Hobbit of threatening thousands of jobs on both sides of the Tasman.
Two firms caring for the disabled asked to be put under statutory management as they could not afford the potential $176m liability of a requirement to pay sleeping workers.
Two senior ministers have made themselves available to mediate in the industrial dispute surrounding The Hobbit after meeting with Fran Walsh and Sir Peter Jackson today.