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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 29]
Award recognises the value of working together
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter is an exemplar of what we can achieve when we all work together in an industry – working people, employers and government agencies,” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “Together we build stronger, ... More >>
The Budget; a missed opportunity to make NZ more equal
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today’s Budget, the ninth this Government has prepared does not make our country a more equal society. More >>
Working people support Greens announcement
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Working people support Greens announcement of more paid sick leave Working people are welcoming today’s announcement from the Green Party that they will increase the legal minimum entitlement of paid sick leave from five days per year to ten. ... More >>
West Coast DHB funding deal makes no sense
Friday, 19 May 2017, 10:50 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Pushing the West Coast DHB into an expensive public ‘private’ partnership to fund the new Buller hospital makes no economic sense”, says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist, referring to a revelation by the Association of Senior Medical Specialists ... More >>
Kiwis living rurally need the standard ambulance service
Monday, 15 May 2017, 10:30 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Yesterday’s announcement, from the Government, that extra funding will be allocated to fund rural ambulance services needs to closely examined. More >>
Industry standards: a solution to improving wages
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Figures out today from Statistics New Zealand show that wages in the private sector are falling behind the cost of living and that urgent action from Government is needed. The average hourly wage grew by only 1.5 percent, well behind inflation of 2.2 percent ... More >>
Too many Kiwis are being killed at work
Friday, 28 April 2017, 9:25 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
In the last two weeks seven New Zealanders went to work and never came home. They were killed at work. This Workers Memorial Day, April 28th, we remember them and other working people who were killed at work. More >>
Māori unionists call for iwi-union collaboration
Friday, 28 April 2017, 8:55 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) Rūnanga, the body representing 60,000 Māori union members, is marking Workers Memorial Day today with a call for iwi and unions to work together to help end workplace deaths. More >>
Prices of necessities rising
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Not only is the 1 percent overall rise in prices this quarter larger than expected, but it is concentrated mainly in necessities that hit the budgets of low and middle income households hardest,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg, responding to today’s ... More >>
Lift wages, enforce rights for migrant workers
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Lifting wages and improving the quality of work for workers in industries with large number of temporary migrant workers need as much attention as modifications announced today, the CTU says. More >>
Historic day as caregivers offered equal pay settlement
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 4:17 pm | NZCTU
Unions representing care and support workers are pleased to be jointly announcing with government a proposed equal pay settlement to 55,000 workers across the aged residential, disability and home support sectors. More >>
OECD calls for better redundancy support – who is listening?
Friday, 7 April 2017, 10:32 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A just-released OECD report on New Zealand calling for a more active role for the government in supporting redundant workers prompts a welcome debate, the CTU said today. More >>
A responsible Budget = spending more on public services
Friday, 24 March 2017, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"The Budget Responsibility Rules announced by Labour and the Greens today demonstrates a commitment to maintaining much needed Government spending. But more investment is needed," said CTU President, Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Tertiary education must be a public good for all Kiwis
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today’s report from the Productivity Commission - New models of tertiary education clearly outlines that the changes the National-led government have made to tertiary education have done more harm than good. More >>
Weak GDP growth not helping working people
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The weak growth in economic activity, coupled with more people not in work, in the three months to December, have a significantly negative impact on the incomes of working people,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. “The growth in spending ... More >>
Delight with support for domestic abuse survivors
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 9:45 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Working people congratulate Green MP Jan Logie on successfully getting her proposed law, which will make a real difference to the lives of people who are experiencing domestic violence, over the first hurdle. More >>
Gender pay imbalance needs urgent action
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Research released today by the Ministry for Women ‘Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand’ makes a useful and timely contribution to understanding the factors causing the gender pay imbalance. More >>
PM's uses “alternative facts” about Kiwis looking for work
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Working people are calling on the Prime Minister to show more respect for Kiwis looking for work. More >>
Progress on the path to pay equity
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
With the Government supporting the Pay Equity Principles the next step is to translate the theory of the Principles into reality and get women paid what they are worth. More >>
Pike Court of Appeal decision endorses cheque book justice
Friday, 17 February 2017, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Court of Appeal has released its judgment this afternoon in the case taken by Pike widow Anna Osborne, wife of Milton Osborne, and Sonya Rockhouse, mother of Ben against the government agency Worksafe. More >>
