Tag: Strikes

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A National Union of Workers (NUW) official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who have been on strike for almost...

By Vijay Narayan in Suva The University of the South Pacific Council has reappointed Professor Pal Ahluwalia as vice-chancellor and president amid two days of...

RNZ Pacific About 50 striking nurses have held a protest in American Samoa over their employment conditions. The protest yesterday follows some nurses at the LBJ...

RNZ Pacific Unions in New Caledonia have secured a 4.2 percent increase of the lowest salaries from January 1, 2023. The concession by the employers' organisation...

RNZ News Thousands of New Zealand tertiary union members will go on strike at eight universities tomorrow over a cost of living pay demand. The Tertiary...

RNZ News Domestic flights have been cancelled again in New Caledonia as a conflict between Air Calédonie and the workers' union USTKE continues. The carrier decided...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Striking New Zealand health workers have picketed around the country, saying they are fed up with being underpaid...

ANALYSIS: By Catherine Rottenberg A few days ago, I received a message from my son's secondary school announcing that it would be celebrating International Women's...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk More than 50,000 New Zealand teachers - from both primary and secondary schools - walked out of classrooms across the country...

By RNZ Pacific Hundreds of Papua New Guinea police have descended on Parliament Haus in the Port Moresby suburb of Waigani demanding payments they say...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Union members at Auckland University of Technology are withholding marks for two weeks after voting overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike...

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Papua New Guinean government will not spend any money on the purchase of 40 Maserati luxury sedans to...

Nepal has recently updated its legal system with new civil and criminal  codes. However, writes Rahul Bhattarai of Asia Pacific Report, failure to consult...

Multimedia story by Leilani Sitagata in Auckland About 30,000 primary and intermediate school teachers and principals went on strike for the first time in almost...

Pacific Media Watch The end of French Polynesia's airport firefighters strike has been held up in Tahiti amid a dispute between two unions, Radio New...

Opposition Leader Don Polye speaking in an EMTV Newscast last night. Video: EMTV Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader Don Polye today called a press conference...

Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson has accepted the Graham Perkin journalist of the year award at the state of Victoria's Quills, using her speech to...

By Indra Budiari and Safrin La Batu in Jakarta When Dian Septi Trisnati decided to take part in a labor protest demanding a review of...