Market Researchers go on hunger strike
March 20th, 2009 by 
Jared Bothwell
This may be a first, I saw this on the Unite website where it states that 20 market research workers at Synovate went on a hunger strike.
The researchers are based at the Synovate call centre in Auckland. The strike is focused on the pay difference between New Zealand researchers and their higher paid colleagues in Australia.
Currently market researchers in the Auckland Synovate office are on pay rates starting from $12.50 compared to $21.50 an hour in Australia.
Overall, not a very good look for Synovate. I hope they get it sorted for all concerned.
Posted in Marketing Research | 5 Comments »
March 20th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I wonder what the pay difference is here in South Africa!
March 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I can’t imagine it is any better than NZ, might need to strike for 48 hours to catch up.
April 9th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Why not go for broke – in Finland they get over $50 an hour!
April 13th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Don’t tell them that, they may never eat again.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:51 am
15/April/2009
It seems the sagas continues. Synovate has locked out 30 call centre workers for refusing a 20 cents an hour pay increase.