South Island Pak 'n Save workers want the living wage and better conditions. Seventeen years working in the Pak ‘n Save butchery has taken a toll on Jenny Wells. READ MORE:* It's legal to insult an employer in wage negotiations* Union hopes law changes enable it to ring up collective at Pak 'n Save Richmond* Pak 'n Save workers relying on food banks says union* Stickman pickets Pak 'n Save over southern wagesHowever, with Richmond Pak ‘n Save owner Andrew Howard declining to negotiate directly, progress has been frustratingly slow, Wells said. “If I had the living wage, I’d go and rent a flat.”She’d like to see every worker receive the living wage – union or not. However, Pak ‘n Save employee Lorraine Luckman said she had found her employer “caring”.

Source: Stuff September 18, 2020 05:03 UTC