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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 2]
NZCTU Put Brooke Van Velden On Notice Over WorkSafe Cuts
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 10:30 am | NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi have sent an open letter to Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden, following another round of devastating job cuts at WorkSafe. More >>
Six Years Of Work Wasted – Holidays Act Reform Now Years Away
Friday, 13 December 2024, 9:07 pm | NZCTU
After six years of work and tripartite agreement on the future of the Holidays Act, today the Minister has taken us back to the start. In doing so, she also appears to have taken protections for workers off the table. More >>
NZCTU Slams Government’s Ferry Fiasco
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 3:55 pm | NZCTU
The ferries are reaching the end of their service life, and all we have been given another working group. The original project should never have been cancelled. More >>
NZCTU Urges Political Parties To Vote Down Extreme Anti-Worker Bill
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 6:20 pm | NZCTU
The Bill currently before the House is in contradiction with our international commitments to provide workers the right to organise and collectively bargain, and to provide adequate protection to workers against acts of anti-union discrimination in employment. More >>
Marsden Fund Changes Will Undermine Prosperity And Social Cohesion
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 3:22 pm | NZCTU
“Humanities and social science research, which has been defunded by the Government, provides fundamental insights into how our society and culture works and how we can overcome the key challenges we face, from climate change to housing to inequality,” ... More >>
Govt’s Personal Grievance Changes Will Empower Bad Employers
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 6:23 pm | NZCTU
“The Prime Minister and his cabinet continue to demonstrate that they are governing only for employers and couldn’t care less about the people who get up every day and go to work to keep this country running,” said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Acting ... More >>
Luxon Surrenders Worker Protections To ACT Party
Friday, 29 November 2024, 9:01 pm | NZCTU
The proposed policy excludes senior executives and specialists from unjustified dismissal protections, unless they negotiate these terms individually—an unrealistic option when employers hold the upper hand in employment agreement negotiations. More >>
RBNZ Data Highlights Weak Economy And Labour Market
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 5:02 pm | NZCTU
Today’s announcement by the Reserve Bank shows that the economy will remain weak going into 2025, and that unemployment will continue to climb, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist Craig Renney. More >>
Kinleith Mill Closure Shows Need For Industrial Strategy
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 2:27 pm | NZCTU
The closure Kinleith mill in Tokoroa is not just devastating for the 230 workers and their families, it is another major blow to regional manufacturing in Aotearoa New Zealand, says NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Uniformed Defence Force Should Not Be Used As Strike Breakers
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 4:48 pm | NZCTU
“In a modern liberal democracy, any deployment of the armed forces in employment relations is a drastic step, and should be avoided at all costs,” said Wagstaff. More >>
Unemployment Rising Shows The Need For A Plan
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 3:50 pm | NZCTU
Wages are also reflecting the softer labour market, with 37% of all workers seeing no pay rise, and 50% of workers seeing an annual pay rise less than the 3.8% increase in household costs reported yesterday. With the minimum wage rising by less than ... More >>
Govt Science Cuts Take NZ Even Further Backward
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 2:03 pm | NZCTU
The Government talks about the need to tackle our poor productivity performance, and the need for a longer-term plan to arrest our decline, but their actions continue to take us in the opposite direction More >>
Monthly Employment Data Shows Weakness In Economy
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 2:10 pm | NZCTU
There are 21,000 fewer filled jobs than this time last year, and the fall has been led by those starting out in work. There are 25,000 fewer jobs being filled by people aged 15-24 than a year ago. This data shows that right now, it’s a hard place to ... More >>
NZCTU Alarmed At Further Cuts To WorkSafe
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 1:26 pm | NZCTU
WorkSafe has been stripped down to its bare bones, throwing whatever they can to the so called ‘front line’ inspectorate, knowing full well that without a well-resourced support function, the inspectorate will be less effective. More >>
Workers Demonstrate Strength Of Union Power
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 5:44 pm | NZCTU
We are proud of our movement for uniting together and sending this Government a strong message that will not back down and let them get away with their anti-worker and anti-Te Tiriti agenda. More >>
Unions To Hold Nationwide Day Of Action In Opposition To Govt’s Anti-worker Agenda
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:14 pm | NZCTU
Workers have had a gutsful, and they won’t let the Government get away with it. This week thousands of workers across the country are standing together and saying they've had enough. More >>
Government Must Support Workers Following Smithfield Closure
Friday, 18 October 2024, 2:17 pm | NZCTU
The trend we are seeing in terms of the loss of manufacturing jobs in regional communities is going to have a long-term negative impact on regional economic development and on the health and wellbeing of whānau and communities. More >>
Falling Inflation Reflects A Falling Economy
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 11:38 am | NZCTU
“The data shows that petrol prices fell 8% annually, and vegetable prices fell 18% annually. These reflect both softer global demand and a return to normal harvests after Cyclone Gabrielle. Prices for discretionary spending items such as furniture, ... More >>
OCR Decision A Welcome Relief For Working People
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 3:01 pm | NZCTU
“The Reserve Bank has been forced into a significant cut because the economy has failed to fire. Weak consumer spending, weak business investment, weak house prices, and a weakening labour market all put our economic recovery at risk.” More >>
Te Whatu Ora Report Raises Important Questions For Ministers
Friday, 4 October 2024, 2:53 pm | NZCTU
The report states that $2bn of ‘savings’ are now targeted in health, just in this fiscal year (p.57). That’s a huge potential cut and is clearly not possible from just efficiencies. More >>
