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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 23]
Does the Government have a plan?
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is encouraging the Government to do more to create quality jobs for Kiwis. More >>
Government must honour the memory of Charanpreet Dhaliwal
Friday, 23 October 2015, 8:58 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Council of Trade Unions Media Release 23 October Government must honour the memory of Charanpreet Dhaliwal and fix the security industry His Honour Coroner JP Ryan has released overnight his findings and recommendations regarding the death of Charanpreet ... More >>
CTU calls for a better deal for working New Zealanders
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:13 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU has called for the Government to give New Zealanders a better deal at work. The CTU was heard by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee this morning regarding the contentious Employment Standards Legislation Bill. More >>
Government working group may bring progress
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Working people are cautiously celebrating today’s announcement that the Government will now formally enter discussions into how to lift women’s pay to properly value their work. More >>
CTU President Richard Wagstaff's Acceptance speech
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
I am both honoured and humbled to be taking up the role of CTU President. More >>
Helen Kelly speech – CTU conference 14 October 2015
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 10:10 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
It great to see you all here at our conference and its great we all have this chance to again together reflect on the last couple of years and see what we learned and achieved but most importantly to look forward, set priorities and use the things ... More >>
Pay the job not the gender
Friday, 2 October 2015, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Pay the job not the gender There is an increasing appetite to deal to the persistent gender pay gap, the Council of Trade Unions said today. The New Zealand Income Survey, out today , shows that average hourly pay rates for women are still 14 percent lower ... More >>
MSD “Investment Approach” is not an investment approach
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 4:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today the Minister of Finance, Bill English gave the first in a series of lectures at Treasury on the Government’s “Social Investment” approach. A flagship part of this is the so-called “Investment Approach” used by the Ministry of Social ... More >>
Economy isn’t serving those who need it most
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Economic growth is faltering with no growth per person in New Zealand over the three months to June”, says CTU economist Bill Rosenberg. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 0.4 percent in the quarter, but population was estimated to have grown ... More >>
Government admits immigration policies have kept wages down
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“At last Bill English has admitted that the immigration policies of his Government have kept wages down. Now he must act to ensure that employers pay working people a fair share of the income they are producing”, says CTU Secretary Sam Huggard More >>
Report opens door to privatisation of social services
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU wants more support for publically provided social services and is concerned that today’s report from the Productivity Commission is an opportunity for the Government to open up social services to untested and new forms of private provision. More >>
CTU supports RMTU Action
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) supports the action led by the Rail and Maritime Union (RMTU) in a hearing with the Employment Relations Authority today. More >>
Families of workers killed at work descend on Parliament
Monday, 17 August 2015, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Families of people killed at work around the country, including Pike River, are converging on Parliament today and tomorrow in a last ditch attempt to fix the government’s broken health and safety bill. More >>
Governments flunks “fix” for unfair zero hours contracts
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today the Government has revealed their “fix” to zero hour contracts as part of the Employment Standards Legislation Bill. More >>
Student debt is a monster
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 11:10 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Student debt is a monster Working kiwis are burdened by student debt according to a report released today by the New Zealand Union of Students (NZUSA). The Income and Expenditure Report has found that students in tertiary education are facing some ... More >>
CTU wins second forestry private prosecution
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 9:13 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The employers of 19 year old forestry worker Eramiha Pairama, Puketi Logging, were today found guilty of a charge under the Health and Safety in Employment Act relating to his death in 2013. More >>
If this is economic growth where is the benefit to workers?
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Unemployment should be decreasing after several years of growth in the economy,” says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. “The Government must be more focused on creating good jobs with fair pay. Workers are not getting the pay increases they deserve and ... More >>
Employer pleads guilty over forestry death
Monday, 3 August 2015, 10:55 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
M and A Cross Ltd , forestry employer of Charles Finlay, pled guilty today in Rotorua District Court More >>
Fix the Health and Safety law - Pike Families
Friday, 31 July 2015, 7:42 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Government has today betrayed its promise to the families of workers killed at Pike, and in hundreds of other workplaces, by pushing weakened health and safety law through its second reading. More >>
Pike River Family members to hold Parliament Vigil
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Family of workers killed in the Pike River disaster will be conducting an evening vigil by Parliament this evening to mark the second reading of the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill tomorrow. The vigil will include 291 crosses and candles to ... More >>
