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Increase Wages To Address Child Poverty
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 11:54 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is pleased that the Government is continuing to shine light on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and specifically child poverty with new statistics out today. CTU policy director and economist Andrea Black was at the ... More >>
CTU welcomes Government investment into infrastructure
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 2:12 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"The Government’s announcement that an additional $12 billion capital will be available to address backlogs in our deteriorating schools, hospitals and rail infrastructure and for regional development is welcome news and sensible policy", ... More >>
Has the Government Budgeted enough for health?
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 8:59 am | Council of Trade Unions
CTU Economist and Director of Policy Dr Bill Rosenberg along with Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research at the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) have completed their detailed line by line analysis of the Governments 2019 ... More >>
PTOM fix a welcome reform of a ridiculous system
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 11:01 am | Council of Trade Unions
Minister Twyford’s announcement this morning of reform of the Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) will be a timely fix for bad legislation that has cost jobs and pay for drivers and left public transport systems broken says New Zealand Council ... More >>
CTU calls for resolution of doctors strike
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 4:56 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions says it’s in everyone’s interest that there is a swift resolution to the long running industrial dispute between resident doctors and District Health Boards (DHBs). More >>
Government misses opportunity for a fairer NZ
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 2:38 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Today’s announcement that the Government will not be supporting a Capital Gains tax is "hugely disappointing" says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Clear safe staffing levels needed throughout health system
Monday, 3 December 2018, 12:03 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Unions are supporting the call from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) for the Government to find agreement on safe staffing levels for senior doctors and dentists working in public hospitals. Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sam Huggard ... More >>
Post-primary teachers vote confirms swift correction needed
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 5:21 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Unions said that the PPTA member vote today to reject their pay offer gives the Government an opportunity repair a decade of neglect in public education, with strong public support for better investment in teachers and kids . More >>
Compassion at the heart of Government a refreshing change
Sunday, 16 September 2018, 2:56 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Compassion is at the heart of the Coalition Government and what a difference a year has made already to the lives of New Zealanders, said CTU President Richard Wagstaff, who attended today’s event in Auckland. More >>
Expertise of clinicians needs to be valued in health sector
Monday, 20 August 2018, 10:26 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sam Huggard said today that unions were supporting a public health system that listened to and valued the advice of clinicians, in response to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialist’s concerns about our pathology ... More >>
Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change
Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 6:28 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change An Ombudsman’s report released last week shows our deportation rules aren’t working, especially for eight Indian students who were deported last year, says CTU Vice-president Rachel Mackintosh. More >>
Women not fooled by National Party’s zombie pay bill ploy
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 3:32 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said today that the National Party was not fooling any women with the return of its intentionally flawed Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill through the members bill ballot process. "I ... More >>
Pike River families have protected working people once again
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 4:55 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions today congratulated Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne on their persistence and courage in the face of years of delayed justice by WorkSafe NZ and Peter Whittall over the deaths of Sonya’s son Ben and Anna’s husband Milton ... More >>
Working people welcome a conversation on sharing wealth
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 1:07 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions welcomed the opportunity to engage with Government on the Tax Working Group announced today by Minister of Finance Grant Robertson. "Like many countries around the world, the increasing concentration ... More >>
Living in New Zealand even now more expensive
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 2:20 pm | Council of Trade Unions
-- The release of the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) by Statistics New Zealand shows that incomes are not keeping up with the cost of living. "Prices are rising faster than wages, and some of the biggest price rises are basic necessities for ... More >>
Don’t use TPPA-11 talks to stop the changes Kiwis want
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 1:10 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"National should not be pretending to other TPPA countries that it can make commitments on behalf of New Zealand three days before a General Election," says CTU Secretary Sam Huggard. More >>
Disgraceful description of health and safety as "overkill"
Friday, 15 September 2017, 2:21 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is appalled that an Auckland accounting business has described health and safety as "overkill". More >>
Kate Sheppard Would Not Have Supported Employment Bill
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 11:26 am | Council of Trade Unions
Today the Council of Trade Unions, on behalf of all working women, is calling on all women in Parliament to vote for women and vote against the first reading of the Governments Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill. Those that do vote against ... More >>
National Government needs a vision for job creation
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 1:38 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“Every kiwi who wants a job should have access to a job; that’s a basic need of life in modern New Zealand. It should be a decent one that allows them secure income and to live in dignity as part of our community,” said CTU President Richard ... More >>
Costs for Kiwis are increasing
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 3:00 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“The rise in the Consumer Price Index for the three months to December is about what was expected at 0.4 percent but it is more than meets the eye”, says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. “Price rises are usually low in December, having actually fallen ... More >>
