Auckland

New Zealand news hit by 'lightning' strikes

Steven. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:49:00 +0000

Auckland Newstalk reported that union members in various parts of the organisation carried out lightning strikes between four and seven o'clock. They also took industrial action before One News aired on Friday night.

NZ: Trolley jam in support of locked out supermarket workers

libcom — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:11:47 +0000

Customers filled shopping trolleys with goods then used them to block the aisles of the Foodtown Tauranga supermarket. Each trolley included a message of support for the locked out workers.

After France, 1,000 students walk out in Auckland NZ

libcom — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:37:24 +0000

The protest ended with some violence and a sit-down protest in a major intersection.

Students from schools including Auckland Girls Grammar, Selwyn College, Epsom Girls and Senior College went to a rally during school hours to demand equal pay with adults.

NZ: McDonald's backs down after lunchtime strike

Steven. — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:16:23 +0000

After the strike, the company retracted their threat issued last night to sue any of their workers who went on strike today.

The symbolic strike was in response to a number of Unite union members being rostered off by the company on Sunday February 12, when it was agreed the workers would be paid to go to a union stopwork meeting at the Town Hall.