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$15 minimum wage would help inequality, stimulate economy
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 9:46 am | Council of Trade Unions
CTU Secretary, Peter Conway today said that the government has a golden opportunity in the next few weeks to make New Zealand a fairer place, to help low income families cope with increases in the cost of living and to stimulate the economy, by increasing ... More >>
Government needs change in policy direction
Friday, 27 January 2012, 12:39 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“The government should be focussing on creating jobs and getting money into the pockets of low and middle income people by stimulating the economy rather than an inflexible deficit target,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. More >>
CPI increase still leaves need for big wages catch up
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:45 am | Council of Trade Unions
The CPI increase for the 2011 year of 1.8 percent announced today, the first since the September 2010 quarter that doesn’t include the 20 percent increase in GST, is a significant reduction in annual inflation. More >>
Port and Govt support for privatisation of Port of Auckland
Friday, 13 January 2012, 11:37 am | Council of Trade Unions
The admission today on radio by Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson that he is not opposed to the privatisation of the Port of Auckland regardless of the views of the Mayor and the people of Auckland, completes the puzzle on the reasons why settlement ... More >>
Ports of Auckland management negligent
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 4:23 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Despite Port employers acknowledging in Mediation today that a proposal tabled by the Maritime union went “a considerable way to meeting its labour allocation issues and was big in a financial sense to the Port” the Port employers rejected the opportunity ... More >>
Productivity Commission Report flawed as well as biased
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 12:46 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU says that the Productivity Commission's International Freight Transport Draft Report is seriously flawed as well as obviously biased. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary, says “we had hoped that the Productivity Commission would not go down the same ... More >>
CMP Workers back to work
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 12:40 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The 111 CMP meat workers, who have been locked out since 19 October, have today accepted an offer from CMP and will be back at work by the New Year. More >>
Housing Affordability about incomes as well as house prices
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:17 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Peter Conway, CTU Secretary says “we welcome the focus brought to the issue of affordable quality housing in New Zealand by this report, and its interim findings that quality housing is simply unaffordable for many New Zealanders.” More >>
Helen Kelly – Fiji
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 5:12 pm | Council of Trade Unions
We are trying to ascertain what has happened to Helen Kelly, CTU President, following her arrival in Nadi today. More >>
CTU Welcomes Shearer
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 12:22 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed the election of David Shearer as leader of the Labour Party, with Grant Robertson as his Deputy. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary, said today that the CTU is not affiliated to the Labour Party but has a great interest ... More >>
Business NZ/CTU call for respect of labour standards in Fiji
Monday, 12 December 2011, 10:56 am | Council of Trade Unions
Business NZ and the NZ Council of Trade Unions have combined in a joint statement calling on the government of Fiji to respect their international obligations on labour standards. More >>
A Decent Job – Right or Privilege
Friday, 9 December 2011, 11:35 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is asking employer organisations if they support decent jobs in New Zealand. More >>
Government looking after the 1%
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:50 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“National’s undertakings with ACT in education, ACC and spending caps go well beyond what it told the electorate. It looks like ACT with just 1 percent of the vote is being given a privileged position dictating government policy,” says Helen ... More >>
Government looking after the 1%
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:50 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“National’s undertakings with ACT in education, ACC and spending caps go well beyond what it told the electorate. It looks like ACT with just 1 percent of the vote is being given a privileged position dictating government policy,” says Helen ... More >>
Ports of Auckland
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 5:35 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is urging the parties involved in collective bargaining at Ports of Auckland to continue bargaining constructively and seek a mutually agreeable settlement as soon as possible. More >>
New evidence shows stagnating incomes, greater rent burden
Friday, 25 November 2011, 1:41 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Households have lost spending power of 3.6 percent in the last two years, says CTU economist Bill Rosenberg. “The Household Economic Survey released today shows that average household incomes have risen only 3.4 percent over the last two years (June ... More >>
Time off to Vote
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:23 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is reminding people working on Saturday that they have the right to take time off to vote. More >>
Key's Access law locks out union
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 11:51 am | Council of Trade Unions
Helen Kelly, CTU President said today that union officials are being denied access to the workers in the CMP Rangitiki plant which shows that John Key's union access law is unreasonable and puts us at risk of being in breach of international conventions. More >>
Japanese unions raise ANZCO lockout with employers
Friday, 18 November 2011, 4:21 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The NZCTU today welcomes the solidarity support being shown by union members of the Japanese unions working in ITOHAM Foods and Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd - two companies that part own ANZCO. More >>
CTU releases submission to the 2011 Minimum Wage Review
Friday, 11 November 2011, 1:14 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg said “this is a timely release of our submission to the Minimum Wage Review, in the context of the recent discussion of minimum wages and claims of job losses as a result of increasing the minimum wage.” More >>
