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Key urges restraint in radiographers strike

John Key had told striking Auckland radiographers to be mindful of other successful negotiations in the health sector.

<i>Cartoon</i>: We need to X-Ray your writing hand

Last-minute efforts to avert strike fails

Westin workers to fight for their jobs

Westin Hotel workers, organised by the Unite Union, have issued a press release saying they have "vowed to fight for every job".

Authority upholds sackings for dangerous driving and cannabis

Strike action painful, say radiographers

DHBs intimidating staff, says union

Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.

Strikers' helpless victims

The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.

Radiographers make DHBs a counter offer

Who really pushed 90 day job law

The Govt's decision to extend 90-day new-employee trials was made after a suggestion from the Act Party and went against the recommendation of its own Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson.

HNZ staff hold more stoppages over pay

Postie fired for critical Facebook comments

A postie who used Facebook to criticise his job and humiliate a workmate says he did it "for a laugh" and didn't know anyone could read his blogs.

Pirate picture sinks teacher

Fired pilot hopes for job back

A judge has reserved his decision in the case of a pilot seeking his job back after he was fired for drinking and having sex with a young flight attendant the night before a flight.

Employers lament redundancies

Sacked worker wins first 90-day law case

The first employment case brought to court under 90-day trial laws has gone in favour of a dismissed pharmacy employee.