{"id":157524,"date":"2025-11-28T05:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/157524\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:35:12","slug":"rod-duke-says-briscoe-manukau-distribution-centre-strike-a-total-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/157524\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Duke says Briscoe Manukau distribution centre strike a \u2018total surprise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">He said the company was advised \u201cat the last moment\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/companies\/retail\/briscoes-distribution-employees-on-black-friday-strike\/premium\/OXJT2PPHZFDHVGIPJKYU7NHV6I\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/companies\/retail\/briscoes-distribution-employees-on-black-friday-strike\/premium\/OXJT2PPHZFDHVGIPJKYU7NHV6I\/\">the Black Friday strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt was a total surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">But Workers First Union deputy secretary Anita Rosentreter said: \u201cSometimes that\u2019s the point of a strike. You take the company by surprise. In saying that, I\u2019m a little bit surprised that he\u2019s surprised.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">She said notice of strike action was issued yesterday afternoon and bargaining had been going on for some time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe members had been taking partial strike action until recently in the form of an overtime ban.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">She said in logistics and distribution, the industry standard was time and a half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The workers wanted that extra pay for working beyond 40 hours a week, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Rosentreter said the union had been acting in good faith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAt this distribution centre, the majority of workers are in the union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Workers First Union organiser George Schwenke in a statement this morning said employees would have a public picket at the Hautu Drive site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">He said workers had been seeking overtime pay for hours worked outside their regular shifts for \u201cfour years already\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Employees had had enough of working overtime at normal rates, Schwenke said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">But he said Briscoe Group had refused to meet the market rate.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a> \u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He said the company was advised \u201cat the last moment\u201d of the Black Friday strike. \u201cIt was a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15212,138,1550,63338,18287,85585,209,104150,57533,111,139,69,89970,312,4485,19862,88,1865,3940,14443],"class_list":{"0":"post-157524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-briscoe","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-centre","11":"tag-chains","12":"tag-distribution","13":"tag-duke","14":"tag-group","15":"tag-jeopardise","16":"tag-manukau","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-rod","21":"tag-says","22":"tag-strike","23":"tag-supply","24":"tag-surprise","25":"tag-today","26":"tag-total","27":"tag-wont"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}