NDU Bargaining Update

• The National Distribution Union bargaining team has agreed to recommend The Warehouse’s latest bargaining offer.
• The union and company met for the 9th day of bargaining on December 21.
• The parties agreed to meet following a new offer by The Warehouse just as the union was planning a day of action, which was postponed.
• The union’s bargaining team has agreed to take the company’s offer back to union members and is recommending workers vote to accept it.
• Every NDU member has the right to vote for or against the company’s offer.

Dear union members,

All NDU action, including leafletting and this Saturday's action has been postponed.

As a result of the actions taken by members around the country and this Saturday's planned action the company has made a new NDU-offer.

The NDU national bargaining team will be meeting on Monday to discuss the offer.

All union members will have a vote at a store meeting before any offer is ratified (accepted).

Yours,
Simon Oosterman
NDU Warehouse Organiser

Justice for Warehouse workers!

Join other Warehouse workers, friends and families in making a stand this Saturday 19 December around the country.

We will be leafleting outside stores and communities, protesting in some stores and taking short industrial action in selected stores.

We've already had some great actions, lets finish the year together in style!

We are holding the following regional protests that you can attend.

From our press release:

The union's bargaining campaign will resume as a result of a breakdown in mediated talks between The Warehouse and the National Distribution Union.

NDU Warehouse organiser Simon Oosterman says the company has offered no compensation for huge workloads being undertaken by workers.

“The company says it is worried about the cost of workload compensation but what the workers are asking will cost around half the Warehouse CEO’s bonus,” he says.

This is the newsletter for the National Distribution Union at The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery. Check out our campaign website at www.warehouseworker.org.nz (You can subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter from the front page of this website)

In this issue:
* Company's proposal overwhelmingly rejected
* Resolution passed for weekly 50c campaign fund
* Change of hours/days process
* Your rights: public holidays
* In brief: Quote of the month, Warehouse T-Shirt re-write and Obituary

Media Release from the National Distribution Union

September 11, 2009

The $8 million profit announced by the Warehouse is in stark contrast to the company’s attempts to give its workers New Zealand’s worst retail employment agreement says the National Distribution Union.

The Warehouse Group combined operating profits for the Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery increased by 5.3% but this was pulled down by the stationery division.

This is the newsletter for the National Distribution Union at The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery. Check out our campaign website at www.warehouseworker.org.nz (You can subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter from the front page of this website)

In this issue:
* Warehouse agenda exposed
* Kaikohe workers win extra staff
* Poor quality Warehouse spies
* In brief

Download this newsletter as a full-colour printable A4 PDF newsletter here:

This is the newsletter for the National Distribution Union at The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery. Check out our campaign website at www.warehouseworker.org.nz (You can subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter from the front page of this website)

In this issue:
* Bargaining Process Agreed
* Store D get proper shift change process
* Union runs first WOC meetings
* National delegate phone conference
* In brief

Download this newsletter as a full-colour printable A4 PDF newsletter here:

Central - Wellington Regional Delegates Conference 2009

The Newsletter for the National Distribution Union campaign at The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery. Check out our campaign website at www.warehouseworker.org.nz (You can subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter from the front page of this website)

In this issue:
* Bargaining Process Begins - important information for NDU members who are also in the WPU

This just in from the union newswires...

UNION SAVES 30 MINS PAY FOR STAFF WORKING 4-6 HOURS

Staff working between 4-6 hours at The Warehouse can thank their union co-workers for helping saving 30 minutes of their pay.

New break legislation which came into effect on April 1 guarantees breaks for industries and workplaces without a union for the first time in 10 years.

The new legislation includes an additional 30 minutes unpaid break for workers rostered between 4 and up to 6 hours.