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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.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 19]
CTU Appoints Andrea Black to Policy Director Role
Friday, 15 November 2019, 10:12 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrea Black to the role of Policy Director and Economist. More >>
CTU supports early childhood teachers
Friday, 8 November 2019, 9:56 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is supporting early childhood teachers in their calls for the Government to keep its pre-election promise to restore early childhood education funding, deliver on 100% qualified teachers, and improve child to teacher ratios ... More >>
Statistics out today show improvements for working Kiwis
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes the increase in the average wage by 4.2% over the year. More >>
CTU concerned with "upgrade" of China Free Trade Agreement
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is concerned that the "upgrade" of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement has not removed the threat of investor suits against the New Zealand government (Investor-State Dispute Settlement, ISDS). Alongside the reduced oversight of Chinese ... More >>
FPAs - progress made but more work needed
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 11:34 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Government has today released its discussion paper ‘ Designing a Fair Pay Agreements System ’ providing detail of what proposed law for Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) could include. More >>
Election of CTU officers
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The 4 yearly elections for the Council of Trade Unions officers occurred today in Wellington. More >>
Union movement launches Framework for good Fair Pay law
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 8:14 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has today released its report - Fair Pay Agreements: A Framework for Fairness . The report details the six key principles needed for Fair Pay Agreements to deliver real change for working people, and democratic agreements ... More >>
CTU Welcomes Wellness Focus in Government Economic Plan
Monday, 23 September 2019, 8:00 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has applauded todays announcement by the Government that wellness is a feature of their Economic Plan. More >>
NZCTU calls on employers to release staff for Climate Strike
Friday, 20 September 2019, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Working people across Aotearoa are standing in support of the Student Strike for Climate (SS4C) on Friday 27 September. More >>
Suffrage Day - 126 years since women won the vote
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 8:43 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Suffrage Day - 126 years since women won the vote… surely it’s time for equal pay More >>
Changes to working visas
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Yesterday’s announcement from the Minister for Immigration, to improve temporary work visas for migrant workers, provides some positive changes but more detail is needed. The Council of Trade Unions fundamentally supports the principle of making ... More >>
Gender Pay Imbalance - call for PM to take action
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Statistics out today from the Government show that the gender wage imbalance, or gap, in the average wage is 11.9%, a strong 2 percentage point improvement from 13.9% last year. The gender pay imbalance in the median wage is 9.3%. 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 >>
CTU welcomes lowest unemployment rate in a decade
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Statistics out today show the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in a decade and that wages are improving for many. More >>
More Homes - a public good
Friday, 2 August 2019, 10:49 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Every Kiwi should have a safe, warm, dry place to call home. Today’s announcement from the Government that this year they have delivered the biggest increase in the number of public houses in almost 20 years "is to be celebrated. Ensuring we ... More >>
CTU Rūnanga calling on Fletchers to return sacred Ihumātao
Thursday, 25 July 2019, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The collective voice of Māori working people, Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori, the partner of the Council of Trade Unions, is calling for the sacred Ihumātao land in South Auckland to be returned to Iwi. More >>
Making work better - Fair Pay Agreements
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Government figures out today are consistent with what working people have told the Council of Trade Unions in our own survey, that a significant group of working Kiwis are unhappy and dissatisfied at work. Now the Government must act to make meaningful ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements are part of the solution
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 10:58 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Stats NZ has today released its latest findings to Wellbeing of New Zealanders, Well-being Statistics: 2018 . The facts are clear; working Kiwis need to be paid more to make ends meet. More >>
Fair Pay Agreements will make working life better
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 9:22 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has today released an independent report conducted by economic research company BERL into the validity of sector bargaining. And the findings are clear - there is no economic reason not to implement sector bargaining but many ... More >>
Making workplaces free from violence and harassment
Monday, 24 June 2019, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
An historic international agreement by unions, employers and governments was forged last week in Geneva at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with a new international Convention passed to eliminate violence and harassment at work. The passing of this ... More >>
