Industrial Action
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
Junior doctors strike
Junior doctors have begun strike action over a dispute about rosters, but the Health Minister says he has seen no objective evidence that their working hours are unsafe. Video, Audio
Ambulance Officers signal upcoming industrial action
Ambulance workers give two weeks notice of industrial action - like junior hospital doctors, they say their working conditions are putting patient safety at risk because of fatigue. Audio
DHBs accused of short-changing senior doctors over strike
Senior doctors say DHBs are trying to pay them less than a 2008 rate to cover junior doctors when they strike tomorrow.
Senior doctors say their hours can be as bad as their juniors
As junior doctors prepare to stike over their working hours, their senior counterparts have weighed in, saying their hours can be just as bad. Audio
Doctors to strike over 'unsafe' rosters and hours
Resident doctors plan to strike over rosters and hours, which they say are unsafe for patients, DHBs and themselves. Checkpoint speaks to three doctors about their concerns. Video, Audio