KiwiRail workers ratify new pay deal
Workers at KiwiRail have ratified a new pay deal that increases hourly pay rates and allowances. Rail and Maritime Transport…
14 February 2022
Press releases
Strike notices announced for national rail stoppage
Strike action by rail workers is set to paralyse KiwiRail operations next month, affecting both rail and ferry transport. Rail…
23 November 2021
Rail unions says new locomotives a great investment in future of KiwiRail
The Union representing rail workers is backing KiwiRail’s new purchase of KR locomotives from Swiss-based company Stadler, and the involvement…
11 October 2021
Port Otago workers launch “campaign of resistance” over Mismanagement
Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which…
17 December 2020
Rail union calls for strategic rethink on foundry
The union representing rail workers says the closure of a Dunedin foundry could be turned around by strategic leadership from…
2 November 2020
Council Bureacrats Block Rail workers input to Working Group
The Chair of Dunedin Holdings Limited (DHL) has refused to allow union representation on an important stakeholder group on the…
11 September 2020
Rail and maritime workers back improved Sick leave
The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) is backing improved sick leave for workers. RMTU General Secretary Wayne Butson says…
1 September 2020
Workers on Auckland Metro Rail Disadvantaged
The union for rail workers has major concerns about the treatment of workers on the Auckland Metro Service through the…
25 August 2020
Rail Workers’ Reject Closure of southland Branch line
The union representing rail workers says the impending closure of a Southland rail line goes against the Government’s own commitment…
24 July 2020
Lyttelton Port Workers’ Union Protests Against Arrival of Blood Phosphate Ship
RMTU Lyttelton Branch President Andy Kelly delivering letter of protest to captain of Trans-spring The Rail and Maritime Transport Union…
23 June 2020