New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 2]
Inflation Data Slows – Slowing Data Shows Need For Continuing Support For Families
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Information released today by Statistics New Zealand showed that the cost of living increased by 4.7% last year, said CTU Economist Craig Renney. “This new data should reinforce the need for Government to support middle and low income families who have ... More >>
Working People Fear For Their Future And New Zealand’s
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:44 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The sixth annual CTU Mood of the Workforce survey shows working people are very worried about their incomes and rights under the new Government and fear the country becoming more economically and racially divided. Figures from the survey, which gathered ... More >>
Mini-Budget Begs Too Many Questions
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 1:38 pm | NZCTU
The mini-Budget released by the Coalition Government today leaves many questions unanswered, said CTU Economist Craig Renney. “Despite calling for clarity on existing spending, the mini-Budget today does not provide any analysis of the tax cut or spending ... More >>
Government Again Ignores Advice To Attack Protections For Workers – 90-day Trials Extended
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Law change simply extends the exploitation All new workers will soon to be vulnerable to being fired at will with no reason following the Government’s reckless haste to pass under urgency an extension to 90-day trials to all businesses. The Employment ... More >>
Minimum Wage Decision Early Test For New Government
Monday, 18 December 2023, 2:39 pm | NZCTU
By convention, Cabinet would normally decide how much it will increase the Minimum Wage at Cabinet today. “This will be an early test for this government, providing another another telling insight into the importance it places on supporting working ... More >>
Cutting Ferry Investment To Subsidise Property Speculators Is Economic Sabotage
Monday, 18 December 2023, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
New analysis from the CTU shows the cost of the Government’s tax cuts for landlords will be many times more than the investment required for the much-needed Cook Strait ferry upgrade. This shows the Government making a clear choice to back unproductive ... More >>
GDP Numbers Provide Reasons For Investment, Not Cuts
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 12:22 pm | NZCTU
GDP numbers provided by Stats NZ today demonstrated that the size of the economy fell by 0.3% in September 2023. NZCTU Economist Craig Renney said “this data is much weaker than had been expected by commentators, and should give decision-makers ... More >>
Government ‘Off To Horrific Start’ Says Unions
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 10:40 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions says a dark cloud has descended on New Zealand as the Fair Pay Agreement legislation begun to be repealed under urgency. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said the move is going to hurt hundreds of thousands of New Zealand’s ... More >>
FPA Repeal Contravenes EU Free Trade Agreement, Says NZCTU
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 2:45 pm | NZCTU
New Zealand’s recently signed Free Trade Agreement with the European Union threatens to derail the coalition Government’s aspirations to remove the Fair Pay Agreements by Christmas, said the NZ Council of Trade Unions NZCTU President Richard ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Disestablishment Reveals Government’s Lack Of Plan
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 3:01 pm | NZCTU
The announced disestablishment of Te Pūkenga shows the Government has no plan for vocational education, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said he was deeply concerned about the impact that another change ... More >>
Workplace Relations Minister Is Misleading New Zealanders, Say Unions
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:51 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The new Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden must be upfront with the public, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said yesterday’s Newstalk ZB interview with Minister van Velden contained false ... More >>
More Than 10k People Sign Petition To Keep FPAs
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 1:35 pm | NZCTU
Unions are heartened by the response to a petition to keep Fair Pay Agreements, which has now reached well over 10,000 signatures. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said it was a sign of how popular the new legislation was amongst workers. “We ... More >>
Leaked Paper Shows Disregard For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Vulnerable Kiwi Workers
Monday, 4 December 2023, 6:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A cabinet consultation paper provided to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions by Newshub today, shows the incoming Government is disregarding the negative impact of repealing Fair Pay Agreements, and the advice of their own officials. NZCTU President ... More >>
NZCTU Presents Briefing For The Incoming Government
Monday, 27 November 2023, 9:20 am | NZCTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has today provided its briefing for the incoming government. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said since 2017, the country has made significant progress on a range of economic and social issues. ... More >>
Unions To Hold Government To Account Over Persistent Pay Gap
Sunday, 26 November 2023, 2:55 pm | NZCTU
November 26 marks the day women effectively begin working for free, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU National Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges said that despite continued wage growth and low unemployment, the pay gap for women ... More >>
Coalition Agreements Threaten The Well-being Of New Zealanders
Friday, 24 November 2023, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The coalition agreements set out by the incoming government are nothing less than an attack on working Kiwis, their rights, and their needs said the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said, “The programme provided ... More >>
NZCTU Supports The 65,000 Care Workers Impacted By Pay Equity Claim
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 4:34 pm | NZCTU
The NZCTU strongly supports unions, including the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi, E tū, National Union of Public Employees, and New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa, in filing a second pay ... More >>
National Can’t Ignore ECE If It’s Serious About A World-class Education System Says CTU
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 9:01 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A National-led government can’t afford to ignore Early Childhood Education if it is committed to improving educational outcomes says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. “Today’s strike by ECE teachers is a timely reminder of why investing ... More >>
WorkSafe Cuts Highlight How New Zealanders Will Be Worse Off From Axing Public Sector Jobs
Friday, 3 November 2023, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
News of WorkSafe’s confirmed organisational changes should be seen as a stark warning about the impact of cuts to public services says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. “It beggars belief that WorkSafe will do a better job with such ... More >>
NZCTU Calls On Supie Investors To Pay Up
Tuesday, 31 October 2023, 2:18 pm | NZCTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is calling on investors in Supie to do the right thing and pay the company’s workers the money they are owed. Workers at Supie were reportedly advised yesterday that the company had gone into voluntary administration ... More >>