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NZCTU Statement On Takutai Tarsh Kemp
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 11:58 am | NZCTU
“We deeply appreciate Takutai’s tireless dedication and service on behalf of her people, including as a staunch advocate for rangatahi and for some of the most marginalised whānau in Aotearoa." More >>
NZ Government Out Of Touch On Employment Rights
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 11:45 am | NZCTU
While the international community comes together to support platform workers, Brooke van Velden has introduced a new Employment Relations Amendment Bill that will undermine the rights of those very workers in Aotearoa, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary ... More >>
Economic Growth Still In The Hole Dug In 2024
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 11:28 am | NZCTU
The lack of business confidence in the economy is present in the business investment data. Business investment fell this year. Non-residential building investment fell 2.9%. Transport equipment purchases fell 6%, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist ... More >>
Radical Employment Bill Threatens Every NZ Worker
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 11:12 am | NZCTU
The Bill heightens worker vulnerability to unjustifiable dismissal, shields employers from the consequences of mistreating workers, and drives people into insecure work. This is in the context of government policy that has caused largescale unemployment. More >>
Government Turns Its Back On Workers’ Safety
Monday, 16 June 2025, 3:24 pm | NZCTU
“The failure of the Government to support this convention reflects its total disregard and disinterest in workers’ safety and health and shows how isolated New Zealand has become from global efforts to improve safeguards at work,” said NZCTU President ... More >>
Unions Take Pay Equity Fight To The ILO
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 4:48 pm | NZCTU
Our response to massive undervaluation of pay in female-dominated industries must be how do we fix this, not how do we shirk these costs, having benefited so long from underpaying women. More >>
Climate Legal Action Necessary Response To Govt Inaction
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 2:42 pm | NZCTU
“We strongly support legal action to ensure that the Government is held to account for its legal obligations under the Climate Change Response Act,” said NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Suspension Of Te Roopu Taurima Workers Unacceptable
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 1:13 pm | NZCTU
“We condemn the actions of Te Roopu Taurima in the strongest possible terms and call on them to lift the suspensions on their workers and get back around the negotiating table,” said NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff. More >>
NZCTU Release Detailed Budget 2025 Analysis
Friday, 30 May 2025, 1:16 pm | NZCTU
This Budget is funded above all by the gutting of the pay equity system, the halving of the government’s contribution to people’s Kiwisaver accounts, and other cuts that will disproportionality impact women, welfare recipients, and working households, ... More >>
Former MPs Announce People’s Select Committee On Pay Equity
Monday, 26 May 2025, 10:21 am | NZCTU
In the absence of a select committee process, we have taken it upon ourselves to call for submissions from the public so that experts, organisations, and affected employers and workers can give evidence that should have been before parliament when ... More >>
Reverse Robin Hood Budget Steals From Working People
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:34 pm | NZCTU
The figures released today also showed that the number of people on Jobseekers Support is rising, and higher than forecast just last year. Real wage growth is lower than forecast last year – the Treasury itself says the Budget “lowers wage growth”. More >>
Unions To Hold Budget Day Hui For Pay Equity
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:14 am | NZCTU
The hui will take place from 1pm at Parliament and will feature speeches from workers who have been impacted by the pay equity changes. More >>
Billions Missing From Health Budget
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 6:39 pm | NZCTU
“We have examined the spending decisions and announcements of the Minister of Health over the past few months. These demonstrate a pattern of making a new service promise but not providing any new funding for that new service,” said NZCTU Economist Craig ... More >>
Unions Barred From Budget 2025 Lock-Up
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 1:42 pm | NZCTU
Workers will be significantly impacted by the decisions made by government at Budget 2025, and it is important that the NZCTU can accurately report on Budget decisions to ensure working people are properly briefed. More >>
Unions Launch Petition To Protect Pay Equity
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1:43 pm | NZCTU
Unions behind the petition are home to tens of thousands of working people who’ve experienced the life-changing impact of pay equity - including hospital administrators, social workers, nurses, and Allied health professionals. More >>
Unemployment Data Shows Real Weakness Behind The Headline Rate
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:34 pm | NZCTU
The weakness of current economic growth is also being reflected in the wage data. Total weekly gross earnings rose by less than inflation at 2.4% annually. Youth unemployment continues to rise. More >>
Changes Will Gut The Equal Pay Act And Lock In Discrimination
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:54 pm | NZCTU
“It is shameful that the Government is cancelling pay equity for hundreds of thousands of working women in order to balance the budget,” said NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges. More >>
Unions To Hold Nationwide Day Of Action On May Day
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 5:32 pm | NZCTU
We are sending send a strong message to those in power that we demand a better deal for working people, and an end to the attack on unions. We will also be calling on the Government to deliver pay equity and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More >>
Govt Spending Decision Signals Crisis And Cuts
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 1:39 pm | NZCTU
$1.3bn in operating allowance isn’t enough to pay for cost pressures in health alone ($1.55bn). There is no money for cost pressures in education and other public services, or proposed defence spending. This is a Budget that will be built on cuts ... More >>
Unions Launch Campaign To Ban Engineered Stone
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:48 am | NZCTU
Silicosis is a debilitating disease that cannot be cured. The evidence is clear that the only solution is to stop workers from being required to process engineered stone, which exposes them to the dangerous silica dust. More >>
