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1984 Air New Zealand strike, by Air New Zealand flight attendants. [6] 21st century. 2000s. 2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute; 2007 Spotless dispute; 2020s
Many people following the news of a potential railroad workers strike were shocked to learn that rail union members had zero paid leave for sick days. Sick leave policies get more attention after ...
Commuters, food producers, refineries and others could all be affected if there is a nationwide rail strike at the end The post EXPLAINER: How will railroad strike affect groceries, new cars ...
On RMT strike days, around half of the network will shut down, with only about 20% of normal services running. Trains that do run will start later and finish much earlier than usual – with ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Kingston Flyer and the TSS Earnslaw at the Kingston Quay. The Kingston Flyer was introduced in the late 1890s as New Zealand recovered from the Long Depression of the 1880s. . During the Long Depression, slow mixed trains that carried both passengers and freight had served the Kingston Branch and Waimea Plains Railway, daily in some years and only a few times per week in ot
Many businesses rely on railroads to deliver raw materials and ship their final products, so a rail strike would send a catastrophic ripple through the economy. Passenger railroads also would be ...
Following the war, NZR contracted the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1947 to ship inter-island freight across Cook's Strait between Paraparaumu in the North Island and Blenheim in the South Island, as part of the "Rail Air" service. In 1950, Straits Air Freight Express (later known as SAFE Air) took over the contract from the RNZAF.