Mitre 10 chair Dippie's own stores still at odds with union after 3 1/2 years

Mitre 10 chair Dippie's own stores still at odds with union after 3 1/2 years
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth May 26 (BusinessDesk) - Mitre 10 (New Zealand) chairman Martin Dippie's Jacks Hardware and Timber is still wrangling with First Union over details of the hardware store operator's first collective agreement some 3 1/2 years after talks began.  Jacks Hardware, which trades as the Mitre 10 Mega stores in Dunedin and Mosgiel, was sent back to the negotiating table by the Employment Court in late 2015, and in July last year agreed most of the 14 issues with the union, while the outstanding points were the inclusion of a trial p...