E tū covers a wide range of people working in communications, representing more than 4,000 members.
This includes workers in sectors such as:
- Post, logistics, and Kiwbank
- Telecommunications (e.g. call centres, electrical lines maintenance, ISPs)
- Journalism
- Media
- Printing
Sector snapshot
Postal, logistics, and Kiwibank
There are E tū members right across the postal services, logistics, and Kiwibank. The postal sector faces many challenges as mail volumes decrease while courier and parcel delivery services are expanded. With strong membership and active delegates across the sector we negotiate and campaign to ensure that these critical services are retained for communities, that good jobs are retained, and just transition occurs when change happens.
Along with a growing membership at Kiwibank, E tū members in this sector continue to win pay rises that stay ahead of the cost of living, and to achieve other improvements to their working lives.
Telecommunications
We represent workers in telecommunications including call centres, electrical lines maintenance, and internet service providers. E tū members work at Transfield, Northpower, Downer EDI Engineering, Tenix, the New Zealand Transport Agency, Contact Energy, Omexom, and many other employers large and small..
A key focus for E tū in the telecommunications sector is driving better industry standards so that workers have security and stability in the years ahead as service contracts change from one organisation to another..
Print and media
E tū represents commercial printers, journalists and broadcasters.
Our journalism and media members work for media organisations like Stuff, Radio New Zealand, TVNZ, the Otago Daily Times, and NZME. We have members at many print companies across New Zealand. We also support and represent the interests of freelance journalists.
We fight for fair pay and conditions across the industry, especially in these times of great change for both print and media. The value of the news media as a public good underpins our organising in the media sector, and E tū is proud to lead campaigns to keep a diversity of independent voices in New Zealand media.
We provide press cards, and a universal code of ethics for journalists is included in E tū’s rules.
Our campaigns
Communications Industry Council
E tū has six Industry Councils, including Communications, each of which serves a two-year term.
The councils are made up of E tū delegates who are appointed by the E tū National Executive following expressions of interest from delegates nationwide.
The council’s members represent their given industry on their specific Industry Council.
Industry Councils elect a convenor, who sits on the National Executive.
Two representatives from the Industry Council (including the convenor) attend the E tū Biennial Conference – the highest decision-making body in the union.