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First Union New Zealand

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Full name
  
FIRST Union

Members
  
26,000

Office location
  
Auckland, New Zealand

Founded
  
2011

Affiliation
  
NZCTU

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Key people
  
Robert Reid, general secretary

FIRST Union is a national trade union in New Zealand that was formed on 1 October 2011 by the merger of the National Distribution Union and Finsec.

FIRST has a membership of more than 26,000 and is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It is also affiliated to various international federations through its five sectors; Finance, Industrial (Textile, Clothing, Baking, Wood, Energy), Retail, Stores (distribution and logistics) and Transport.

FIRST is not affiliated with the New Zealand Labour Party, but former NDU secretary Laila Harré did serve as leader of the Internet Party in 2014.

References

First Union New Zealand Wikipedia
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