Industrial Action
Nurses reject pay offer, vote to strike
Nurses have voted to strike after rejecting the latest pay offer from DHBs. The boards and nurses' union are meeting in a last-ditch attempt to avert the nationwide strike. Video, Audio
Government denies it's attractive to strikers
National leader Simon Bridges claims New Zealand has had more strikes and threats of industrial action under the present government than during the previous National government's entire nine years in… Audio
NZ unions protest treatment of Fiji airport workers
New Zealand workers are calling on the Fijian High Commissioner to intervene over the treatment of Nadi airport workers. Video
Wellington on track for more train strikes
The industrial dispute between the Rail and Maritime Transport Union and the company running the trains seems to be hardening, with each side accusing the other of lying and bullying. Audio
Disability support workers walk off the job
Hundreds of disability support workers around the country took to the streets this morning in a one-hour strike against their working conditions.
3000 disability support workers to strike over pay
A nation-wide strike of 3000 disability support workers is set to take place on Thursday.
Fast food workers strike
Restaurant Brands has hit back at union members after a strike today, saying overall wages and conditions for their fast-food employees are better than at the company's competitors.
Defence Force accused of intimidating striking staff
The Defence Force denies it tried to stop civilian staff taking part in a strike for better pay, but the workers' union says it acted unlawfully.
Junior doctors approve roster dispute settlement
Junior doctors have ratified a deal that settles a dispute with district health boards over rosters.
Junior doctors' strike cost $5m
A bitter industrial dispute between junior doctors and their employers cost at least $5 million.
Junior doctors reach roster deal with DHBs
Junior doctors and their employers have hammered out a deal in their long-running and bitter row over rosters.
Junior doctors: DHBs could have averted strike
A junior doctors' strike is only going ahead because district health board chief executives could not get their act together to sign off on an agreement, a junior doctor says.
Junior doctors offered up to $200/h to break strike - union
A union is accusing Waikato DHB of offering junior doctors up to $200 an hour to work during next week's planned three-day strike.
Lyttelton Port workers to continue strike action
Union members have gone on strike for the past two weekends over changes to work rosters, and say they will continue for the next two as well.
Junior doctors' strike cost $1.5m
A two-day strike by junior doctors in October cost district health boards $1.5 million.
Second junior doctor strike confirmed
Junior doctors are planning another 48-hour strike in the ongoing row with employers over rosters.
Junior doctors consider further strike action
Junior doctors will vote on whether to strike again for 48 hours, after talks broke down between doctors and their employers.
Doctors's making serious mistakes, not reporting them
Serious mistakes by exhausted junior doctors are going unreported because they think their concerns are falling on deaf ears, their union says.
Doctors' strike: Council to investigate claims of threats
The Medical Council will follow up claims of threats against junior doctors who were considering whether to strike, as they return to work today after 48 hours of industrial action.
Months of surgery backlog possible after doctors' strike
It could take months for hospitals to catch up with the backlog of planned surgeries after a strike by junior doctors, a senior doctor says. Video
