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Banking inquiry shows need for government to act to protect consumers
Finsec says the release of the report of the Parliamentary Banking Inquiry shows the government needs to act to protect consumers. The inquiry confirmed that major banks had not passed on the full ben… more →
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Banking inquiry shows need for government to act to protect consumers
finsec wrote 2 weeks ago: Finsec says the release of the report of the Parliamentary Banking Inquiry shows the government need … more →
The banking inquiry – we were there, where were the banks?
finsec wrote 3 months ago: The multi-party inquiry into New Zealand banks met with submitters in Parliament on Wednesday and Th … more →
Government ignores calls to protect local jobs in changes to bank guarantee scheme
finsec wrote 3 months ago: Finsec says the government should have made the protection of local jobs a condition of the extensio … more →
Finsec and Westpac agree on protecting jobs
finsec wrote 3 months ago: Westpac and Finsec issued a joint statement last week to mark the ratification of a new collective a … more →
BNZ drops overdraft penalty fees
finsec wrote 4 months ago: BNZ has generated good news this week, with its announcement that the bank is dumping overdraft pena … more →
Bank interest rates inquiry launched
finsec wrote 4 months ago: Labour, the Greens and the Progressives are launching their own inquiry into bank interest rates aft … more →
Finsec meets with Finance Minister in budget week
finsec wrote 6 months ago: Finsec met with Finance Minister Bill English this week despite him being very busy with getting rea … more →
Westpac freezes wages – Finsec members covered by collective agreement not affected
finsec wrote 6 months ago: This week, Westpac announced that it was freezing wages for all staff on management agreements earni … more →
Your views coming through from claims development meetings
finsec wrote 6 months ago: Claims development meetings began at ANZ National and Westpac worksites this week and continue throu … more →
Meeting with Finance Minister on Monday
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finsec wrote 6 months ago: Our meeting with Finance Minister Bill English to discuss our campaign and petition for job security … more →
Finsec meeting Bill English to discuss job security next week
finsec wrote 6 months ago: Finance Minister Bill English has done an about face and agreed to meet with Finsec to discuss job s … more →
Poll shows huge support for Finsec members campaign
finsec wrote 6 months ago: It’s been a huge week in our job security campaign. Our petition was presented to the Prime Minister … more →
Petition launch at parliament a great success
finsec wrote 6 months ago: Finsec held a media conference in the Beehive on Tuesday as part of the handover of our job security … more →
Massive media blitz backs up Finsec petition
finsec wrote 6 months ago: The message that the government needs to step in to protect bank workers jobs has been all over the … more →
Our campaign for job security gaining support
finsec wrote 7 months ago: Finsec members have been growing support for our job security petition in the last week, more than d … more →
Finsec members getting great support for petition to protect our jobs – only 1 week to go to get to 10,000 signatures
finsec wrote 7 months ago: This coming week is the last chance for all Finsec members to get out there and gather signatures fo … more →
Bank profits rose by 5% last year – they can afford to do more
finsec wrote 7 months ago: The annual KPMG banking survey released this week shows the banks are still making excellent profits … more →
A sprint to the finish needed with job security petition
finsec wrote 7 months ago: Our petition to protect jobs in the finance industry by linking employment to the government’s retai … more →
Bill English backs members’ call for a fair deal from banks
finsec wrote 8 months ago: The Finsec campaign for banks to move the focus from shareholder dividends to their social responsib … more →
