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Collectively.Thinking – February 2023

Collectively.Thinking – February 2023

The effects on the labour market of the significant weather events across the North Island will still remain to be seen.  It’s very difficult to get an accurate steer right now while still in clean...

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Collectively.Thinking – January 2023

Collectively.Thinking – January 2023

January is typically a quiet month for all sorts of reasons, so here are just a couple of relevant articles, summarised with links included for your light reading.1.  Secondary teachers commence...

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Collectively.Thinking – December 2022

Collectively.Thinking – December 2022

Public sector activity is still dominating all industrial relations news for the end of the year.  The most notable settlement is FENZ, which was ratified prior to Christmas with a huge 97% voting...

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Collectively.Thinking – November 2022

Collectively.Thinking – November 2022

Public sector is still heavily in campaign mode right now.  With the Government’s new pay directive having now been published, it will be interesting to see where this all lands.  Even with this now...

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Collectively.Thinking – October 2022

Collectively.Thinking – October 2022

Public sector unions are having a field day at the moment seeking cost of living and pay parity across a variety of sectors.  Two other key activities happened in October too – the Fair Pay Act was...

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Collectively.Thinking – September 2022

Collectively.Thinking – September 2022

Another month has been and gone.  This month there was less activity than August to report on, but a couple of high-profile actions in there.  Essity and the Pulp & Paper Workers Union have...

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Collectively.Thinking – August 2022

Collectively.Thinking – August 2022

August has been quite the month.  In an attempt to try and group all the activity that has been going on, I have broken it into a couple of different categories – current bargaining, current strikes...

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Collectively.Thinking – July 2022

Collectively.Thinking – July 2022

Here we are having finished off July.  Mid-winter holidays and illness may have dampened some of the activity, but we still heard from timber workers, radiation therapists, bus drivers and a victory...

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Collectively.Thinking – June 2022

Collectively.Thinking – June 2022

That’s a wrap on the first half of the year.  This month, there’s some industrial action and settlements to note, Fair Pay agreements are in Select Committee, our economy has officially contracted...

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