A team of new and experienced ANZ National Union Councillors have been confirmed for 2012. The councillors are member leaders for FIRST Union with the bank – developing strategy and campaigns, working with the bank to resolve members’ issues, and helping to grow our membership.
A new round of job cuts in Australia from a massively profitable operation like Westpac is unacceptable, the union for New Zealand bank workers said today.
FIRST Union's Finance Secretary Andrew Casidy talks about what the official cash rate decision means for workers, in this peice below from Radio NZ's Checkpoint.
FIRST Union Finance Sector secretary Andrew Casidy said "there is no case to be made for cutting jobs when the bank is extremely profitable and with chronic understaffing in the banking industry on both sides of the Tasman."
A Shrophsire grandfather could be one of the world’s longest servings Santas, having donned the red suit and handed out presents for nearly fifty years.
Ray Hulse is only 67 but started as a Santa when he was only 18 – with his first grotto at a Ford garage, eventually going on to building his own sleigh with the registration plate Santa 1.
The New Zealand Herald reported this week on a new survey that shows that two thirds of Kiwis think they pay doesn’t accurately reflect their performance.
The report by Randstad Workmonitor said 54% of Kiwis would be willing to move overseas for a better paid job, compared to 47 percent of Australians.
Randstad director Paul Robinson said employees have been working harder, longer hours for the same pay.
Westpac workers have voted to accept the revised offer from the bank. 87% of those voting opted to accept, and 63% of members participated in the vote. The pay rise will be backdated to 1 December for FIRST Union members.
