Merry Xmas and all the things
2017 was a full-on year; we won some big victories, we settled some big agreements and best of all we changed the government. It's time to say thanks to all of you. Our members, our workplace leaders and the many supporters.
December 12, 2017
Change starts now
October 30, 2017
We did this!
A message from our new Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.
"We have changed the Government. This change didn't come by chance. You made it happen....
Read moreOctober 20, 2017
So now we wait
The election result wasn’t as clear cut as we hoped for. We would have liked to have seen Labour and the Greens with a higher party vote so they could easily form a government. But it’s not over yet. This is MMP, which means that it is not necessarily the largest party who can form the government, but the one that can command the majority in Parliament.
Read moreSeptember 26, 2017
Vote as if your lives depend on it
More than 100 years ago, New Zealand workers helped form a new political party, called the NZ Labour Party. It was formed on 8 July 1916 by unions of the early 20th century as a political arm of workers. It came after earlier attempts to organise industrially, particularly by the miners at Waihi and the murder of unionist Frederick George Evans. What's changed?
September 19, 2017
After 2.5 years AFFCO workers win final appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed AFFCO Talleys final appeal to the Supreme Court and agreed that hundreds of AFFCO workers were unlawfully locked out.
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September 08, 2017
Four weeks to election day - time to change the government
It's less than four weeks until NZ goes to the poll to elect a new government on 23 September 2017. What are Meat WorkersUnion members saying?
August 29, 2017
MWU thanks Andrew, welcomes Jacinda
August 02, 2017
Fairton workers devastated about plant closure
Media Release :
The Meat Workers Union says that members working at Fairton Meat Works are devastated about today’s announcement proposing to close the plant. Silver Fern Farms has today announced a two week consultation process and a final decision on the 31st May.
May 17, 2017