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Wages, KiwiSaver Vital In Home Affordability
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 4:28 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"Regular wage increases and workers accessing KiwiSaver are two vital ingredients in tackling the high cost of home ownership which is increasingly out of reach for many Kiwis,” CTU Economist Peter Conway said. More >>
Milestone for Workers with Disabilities
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 10:15 am | Council of Trade Unions
“The CTU supports a focus on workers’ abilities, not disabilities, and blanket assumptions that all sheltered workshop participants should be exempt from minimum employment entitlements were discriminatory and outdated,” CTU secretary Carol ... More >>
CTU Condemns Zimbabwe Trade Union HQ Raid
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:35 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has joined the international union movement and other Non Government Organisations in condemnation of the treatment of worker representatives and democracy campaigners in Zimbabwe. More >>
CTU Challenges Writing Off of NZ Manufacturing
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 9:27 am | Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand manufacturing industry and the 300,000 workers it employs is too important to the New Zealand economy to be written off, the Council of Trade Unions said today. More >>
Quality Work For Women Needed
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 9:36 am | Council of Trade Unions
“International Working Women’s Day is an opportunity to undertake a stocktake on the position of women in the paid workforce and our assessment is that while progress is being made, much more is needed to ensure working women achieve quality working ... More >>
Parliamentary South Pacific Inquiry Welcomed
Monday, 5 March 2007, 4:35 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“Any discussion on building sustainable pacific economies must have a focus on the rights and development of workers in the Pacific,” CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Attempts to Deny Rights For Disabled Unwelcome
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 2:49 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“All workers deserve the right to decent work, and recent attempts to delay the phasing out of minimum wage exemptions in sheltered workshop are unwelcome,” CTU Secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Training and Decent Work - Not Work For Dole
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 4:07 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"Skills training and access to decent, quality work for all is a more pressing issue than punitive schemes such as work for the dole," CTU Vice President Maori Sharon Clair said today. More >>
Out Of The Dip But Big Challenges Remain
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 12:17 am | Council of Trade Unions
The September quarter GDP figures look back on the recent dip in economic activity when in fact the economy is now picking up, the Council of Trade Unions said today. More >>
NZ, Aust unions support people power in Fiji
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 5:07 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“Unions in Australia and New Zealand are supporting the call for working people in Fiji to demonstrate peaceful resistance to the failing coup,” the Australian and New Zealand Councils of Trade Unions said today. More >>
Primary Health Success Signal To Private Sector
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 11:09 am | Council of Trade Unions
“The success of primary healthcare workers is a strong signal that with the right will and intent, private sector employers can bargain collectively for industry standards in pay in conditions,” CTU president Ross Wilson said. More >>
Union Volunteering Recognised Today
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 3:40 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“Union delegates are the lifeblood of our movement, and as 200 delegates gather in Wellington today we will be honouring the contribution they make to workplaces and society,” said CTU secretary Carol Beaumont on International Volunteer Day ... More >>
Young Workers Get Their Big Mac
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:30 am | Council of Trade Unions
“Young McDonalds workers getting organised in the Unite Union for movement on youth rates have set an example for others to follow,” CTU president Ross Wilson said. “Unite Union’s SuperSizeMyPay.com has been leading the charge this year in the ... More >>
Merit In Discussion on KiwiSaver Tax Deductions
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 1:26 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU Economist Peter Conway today said that there is merit in discussing tax deductibility of compulsory employer contributions to KiwiSaver. Revenue Minister Peter Dunne is today reported as saying that any future tax cuts could be used to offset compulsory ... More >>
House prices still a major concern
Monday, 13 November 2006, 9:42 am | Council of Trade Unions
"The fact that a 9.6% annual increase in house prices is seen as relatively low is a symptom of how far out of reach housing has become for many Kiwis" said Peter Conway CTU Economist today. More >>
Time To End Discrimination Against Young Workers C
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:06 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"The youth minimum wage has been lifted by 95% since 1999, and this has not had any significant impact on either employment or educational enrolment. The arguments put up by business that young workers will suffer if youth rates are abolished are starting ... More >>
Flexible Working Hours Is A Union Concern
Monday, 6 November 2006, 12:40 am | Council of Trade Unions
"Unions know that the pressure to balance work and family life is a major problem for many workers, and we are excited to be campaigning alongside community groups for a legislative right to request flexible working hours," CTU president Ross ... More >>
Rising Wages A Good News Story
Monday, 6 November 2006, 12:37 am | Council of Trade Unions
"The announcement today that wages rose on average by 5.5% in the last year for the 57% of the workforce that got an increase is a good news story for workers and their unions," CTU president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Campaigning Behind Record Union Membership Jump
Friday, 27 October 2006, 3:43 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“The record union membership growth in 2005, in particular in the private sector, is the strongest signal yet that workers are choosing to organise collectively in unions to get a better deal at work,” CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said. More >>
Lower CPI should impact on Reserve Bank
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 11:43 am | Council of Trade Unions
“Although monetary policy is aimed very much at constraining anticipated inflation, the lower annual CPI which emerged today shows that inflation is trending down and this should impact on the Reserve Bank,” Council of Trade Unions Economist Peter ... More >>
