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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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Inflation Data Shows Cost-of-living Challenges Continue
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 2:30 pm | NZCTU
This data is also weaker than expected – suggesting problems within the wider economy. It supports other data which implies that we might be heading back into falls in economic output. More >>
19 Organisations Send Brooke Van Velden Open Letter Calling For Engineered Stone Ban
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 8:00 am | NZCTU
Unions, public health experts and health & safety specialists have today released an open letter sent to Minister for Workplace Relations & Safety Brooke van Velden calling on the Government to follow Australia’s world-leading example & ban the ... More >>
Job Cuts Will Severely Compromise ACC Services
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 4:11 pm | NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is dismayed at the announcement that there will be 300 jobs cut at ACC. More >>
Axing Of Pay Equity Taskforce Will Entrench Inequities For Working Women
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 9:49 am | NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is deeply disappointed by confirmation of the Public Service Commission that the Pay Equity Taskforce will be disestablished. More >>
NZCTU Condemns Contractor Reform As Fundamental Attack On Workers’ Rights
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 9:14 am | NZCTU
Minister for Workplace Relations, Brooke van Velden, has instructed her officials to begin work on preventing workers misclassified as contractors from challenging their employment status in the courts. More >>
NZCTU: Interislander Grounding A Warning For The Future
Saturday, 22 June 2024, 1:59 pm | NZCTU
These are aging ships that require more intensive repair and maintenance – as we discovered last year when the Kaiarahi service was canceled for days. It's beyond time that they were replaced with safe and efficient ferries. More >>
NZCTU Slams Govt Cutting Disabled Workers Wages As Disgraceful
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 5:38 pm | NZCTU
The NZCTU is slamming a decision by the Government in Budget 2024 to cut a programme which ensured that disabled workers are paid the minimum wage. More >>
New Zealand Not In Better Health After Budget 2024
Monday, 17 June 2024, 6:50 pm | NZCTU
Budget 2025 will present another opportunity to address the shortages being generated by this Budget. The Coalition Government needs to take that opportunity to invest properly in health services and health workforces," said Renney. More >>
Review An Opportunity To Strengthen Workplace Health And Safety
Friday, 14 June 2024, 3:21 pm | NZCTU
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is calling on Minister Brooke van Velden to ensure that her review of workplace health and safety puts the voices of workers front and centre. More >>
Proposed Holiday Act Changes Undermine Workers’ Entitlements
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to not reduce worker entitlements in their review of the Holidays Act. More >>
NZCTU: Budget At A Glance 2024
Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:57 am | NZCTU
Budget 2024 fails the most important tests More >>
Budget 2024 Fails To Deliver Investment That New Zealanders Need
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:07 pm | NZCTU
Budget 2024 is placing this governments ideological wants before real New Zealanders' needs. “Tax cuts and spending cuts are favoured over addressing the cost-of-living crisis and delivering the investments that New Zealanders need," said NZCTU Economist ... More >>
NZCTU Calls On Wellington Councillors To Vote Against Airport Privatisation
Friday, 17 May 2024, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff backs the thinking of 74% of Wellingtonians in rejecting the airport privatisation. More >>
NZCTU Launch Project To Set Out Alternative Vision For Aotearoa
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 6:25 pm | NZCTU
A long-term project that will set out an alternative vision for Aotearoa that looks beyond the narrow confines of the policy straight jacket adopted by successive governments. More >>
Union Movement To Launch New Three-year Project
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 2:02 pm | NZCTU
Led by the NZCTU, this project will bring together the union movement and progressive communities in Aotearoa to develop an inspiring alternative vision for the future of Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
NZCTU Calls On Govt To Reverse Disestablishment Of Pay Equity Taskforce
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 5:10 pm | NZCTU
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges is calling on the Government to reverse their decision to disestablish the Pay Equity Taskforce team, as it will result in gender and ethnic pay disparities persisting as pay equity claims go unaddressed. More >>
Unemployment Data Shows Need For Govt To Act Now
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 2:00 pm | NZCTU
NZCTU Economist Craig Renney said new data released by Statistics New Zealand shows the need for Government to act now, with unemployment rising from 3.4% to 4.3%. More >>
Unions Celebrate May Day During Tough Time For Working People
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:13 am | NZCTU
On International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi and the wider union movement are celebrating the proud history of the labour movement during a tough time for working people. More >>
NZCTU Welcomes Corporate Manslaughter Bill Introduction
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on all political parties to support the new Member’s Bill from Labour’s workplace relations and safety spokesperson Camilla Belich MP that would ensure negligent companies are held accountable when their employees ... More >>
Nationwide commemorations of Workers’ Memorial Day
Friday, 26 April 2024, 11:36 am | Council of Trade Unions
Unions are holding nationwide events this weekend to commemorate International Workers' Memorial Day, an international trade union commemoration that honours working people killed and injured because of their work. More >>
