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Bad Timing
Talk about cruel. Just hours after Dunedin KiwiRail workers will this afternoon find out the fate of their jobs, the first shipload of rail wagons that is causing...
1000+ Protest Rail Work
Over a thousand people attended this afternoon’s Dunedin rally calling for more train building work in New Zealand. KiwiRail is proposing to cut 70 jobs at...
Rail Union Wants Look In
The rail union is calling on KiwiRail to “honour the local content provisions it put in tender documents for the construction of Auckland’s new electric...
Build In NZ Campaign Rolls On
50 people attended a public meeting in South Dunedin last night to support the union campaign to build new trains for Auckland in local workshops. Speakers urged...
Rail Unions Declare ‘Victory”
Rail workers think they’ve had a victory of sorts over their campaign for Auckland’s electric trains to be built in NZ. KiwiRail’s tender document,...
Rail Workers “Gutted”
Rail workers say they’re “gutted” by KiwiRail’s decision to not bid for the construction of Auckland’s new electric trains, and are appealing now to the...
Trains Won’t Be Built Here
Auckland’s electric trains will not be built in New Zealand. That’s the final word today from KiwiRail in answer to the union campaign to have at least...
