With the Living Wage movements, employees are pressuring their employers to offer better pay and benefits without cuts elsewhere. They expect no change to working hours or employment conditions.<\/p>\n
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The workers are indifferent to the financial troubles SkyCity is experiencing. Instead of giving shareholders “several billion dollars” in dividends, it should have been giving them better pay, they assert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Shareholders will miss out on dividends now because of the financial strain. The company says it hopes to resume them next year.<\/p>\n
SkyCity and the Unite union are currently negotiating new pay structures. As a result, the company believes the strike may have been counterproductive. Both sides are to meet again this coming Thursday.<\/p>\n
The annual cost of living in Auckland is more expensive than anywhere else in the country. Newshub<\/em> reports on a study that showed a family of four needs an annual income of NZ$162,600 (US$99,316) before taxes. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCurrently on the table, according to a SkyCity statement, are pay increases that range from 4% to 13.4%. With that, full-time employees will receive an average annual increase of NZ$1,200 (US$732.84).<\/p>\n
With the 7% increase in inflation, the majority of employees’ wages don’t come close to covering daily expenses. It’s going to be difficult to convince Unite members to reach an agreement with SkyCity until the operator is ready to match that rate across the board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s been a slow year financially for New Zealand-based casino operator SkyCity Entertainment. Still, workers at its Auckland casino are demanding more pay and launched a strike over the weekend to get it. SkyCity has had difficulty gaining traction following the COVID-19 pandemic. During its most recent fiscal year, it took a loss of NZ$33.6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":228942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[82550,13363,82489],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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