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COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Extension Announcement Good For Working People
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 2:57 pm | CTU
The Council of Trade Unions welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Finance today to extend the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. The payment will protect jobs for businesses affected by the recent rise in alert levels. Applications to the Wage ... More >>
Celebrating 26 Weeks Paid Parental Leave Starting
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 3:37 pm | CTU
Ensuring that babies have time at home with their primary caregivers has always been the goal of the campaign to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks. On July 1st 26 weeks of paid parental leave starts. "This campaign has been successful ... More >>
Bereavement leave for parents of stillbirths & miscarriages
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 10:47 am | CTU
The first step in making things fairer, for those that have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth, got closer with the passing of the first reading of Labour MP Ginny Anderson’s Holidays Act (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Bill on Tuesday. More >>
Rebalanced employment law on the horizon
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 1:27 pm | CTU
Working people are looking forward to fairer employment law passing this side of Christmas says Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff. More >>
ACC Doctors deserve a bit of basic respect
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 3:29 pm | CTU
Today’s step by ACC doctors, to stop their work again for four hours, shows that the belligerent tactics of ACC’s management are outmoded and lead nowhere, says CTU Secretary Sam Huggard. More >>
Better Economic Management Needed to Kickstart Kiwi Incomes
Thursday, 28 September 2017, 1:39 pm | CTU
CTU President Richard Wagstaff is today calling for a gamechanging shift in central control of the economy given yesterday’s abysmal Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index survey result. More >>
Health & Safety sculpture to water-down outside Parliament
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 7:52 am | CTU
A health and safety ice sculpture will be placed on Parliamentary steps by the Cenotaph today from 11am. More >>
The Government further mangles the health and safety law
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 8:13 pm | CTU
Today the Government has released the draft list of 57 industries that it considers high risk. In industries which aren’t on the list, workers won't have the right to request health and safety representatives in small-to-medium businesses. The Minister ... More >>
CTU welcomes new Secretary Sam Huggard
Sunday, 30 November 2014, 12:09 pm | CTU
The union movement is welcoming newly elected CTU Secretary Sam Huggard who takes office from tomorrow, 1 December 2014, and is paying tribute to outgoing Secretary Peter Conway. More >>
High growth for now - but who benefits?
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 12:02 pm | CTU
"Will most people see money in their pockets as a result of the current high GDP growth rates?" asks Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. "Economic growth is forecast to peak this year, yet wage growth has been slow. There is a real question ... More >>
Workers support plain packaging of tobacco
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 12:49 pm | CTU
The CTU have today presented to the health select committee in support of plain packaging of tobacco. “Any steps that can be taken to lower smoking rates will result in New Zealand workers and their families having healthier and better lives, ... More >>
Mayor’s intervention in Port of Auckland dispute welcome
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 6:16 pm | CTU
CTU welcomes Len Brown’s intervention on the Ports of Auckland dispute stating his strong expectation that recommendations from the facilitation process are to be used as a vehicle for ending the dispute. More >>
We remember and honour the Pike River Miners
Monday, 19 November 2012, 10:04 am | CTU
Helen Kelly, Council of Trade Unions President says “today marks two years from the Pike River tragedy where 29 men lost their lives at work. Today we remember and honour the men, the terrifying ordeal that they went through, and stand alongside ... More >>
Tax Switch Created Many Problems
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:39 am | CTU
The New Zealand Treasury has revealed that the tax switch has created a $1.1 billion hole in the already weakened Government accounts. More >>
CTU welcomes ILO Delegation to Fiji
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 5:48 pm | CTU
The CTU has welcomed the announcement by the International Labour Organisation that it is sending a delegation to Fiji next week. The ILO Director General Juan Somavia says he’s sending the team to advise him on how to help the parties involved deal ... More >>
New Zealand must condemn anti-democracy violence
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 2:13 pm | CTU
New Zealand must condemn anti-democracy violence in Egypt and Tunisia The CTU has written to Foreign Minister Murray McCully asking the New Zealand Government to condemn the violent attacks on trade unionists in Tunisia and on the pro-democracy protesters ... More >>
Reduction in NZ's vulnerability due to Regulations
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 1:21 pm | CTU
The International Investment Position shows a welcome improvement in New Zealand’s vulnerability to sudden changes in international money markets. This is largely due to actions taken by the Reserve Bank to require banks to reduce their dependence ... More >>
CTU welcomes redundancy Bill
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 3:15 pm | CTU
The CTU has welcomed the drawing of Darien Fenton’s Employment Relations (Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill from the member’s ballot today. CTU Secretary Peter Conway said: “The introduction of this bill is very timely when so many workers ... More >>
Private prisons: policy needs rethinking
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 2:09 pm | CTU
There is no evidence either from New Zealand or internationally to support the Government’s belief that private prisons operate better or at lower cost, the CTU told the Law and Order Select Committee today. More >>
CTU Calls for Government Action on Israel
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 2:47 pm | CTU
In response to calls for support from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions and the International Trade Union Confederation, the NZCTU is calling on the New Zealand Government to take a number of practical actions including: More >>
