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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 30]
$238 million health budget shortfall
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 11:42 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A CTU analysis of the Health Vote in the Budget has found that it was an estimated $238 million short. More >>
Government contract with Fletchers should be reviewed
Monday, 27 May 2013, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Media coverage today of two very serious health and safety breaches on Fletcher Building Sites in Christchurch show that the contract between EQC and Fletchers should be reviewed to ensure stiff penalties for these type of breaches, says Helen Kelly, ... More >>
Budget doesn’t do enough for growing social problems
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 2:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 16 May 2013 Budget doesn’t do enough for growing social problems "Today's Budget fails to address the huge social problems of a crisis in jobs, low wages, increasing poverty and inequality that New Zealand currently faces. These ... More >>
Select Committee needs to listen to forestry inquiry calls
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU strongly supports the petition tabled in Parliament today on behalf of Caroline Callow, mother of Ken Callow who was killed at work in the forestry industry and 224 others, calling for an investigation into health and safety in forestry says ... More >>
Living wage at The Warehouse welcomed
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 11:20 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has congratulated The Warehouse Group and FIRST Union for putting in place steps for a living wage for retail workers at the company. More >>
Government books show they can afford to do more for jobs
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The last financial statements of the government before the Budget show it has room to do more on creating jobs and address New Zealand’s high unemployment rate,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. More >>
Unions Mourn Loss of Parekura Horomia
Monday, 29 April 2013, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 29 April 2013 Unions Mourn Loss of Parekura Horomia Workers will be deeply saddened to hear of the passing away of Parekura Horomia says the Council of Trade Unions. Helen Kelly, CTU President and Syd Keepa, Vice President Māori ... More >>
CTU calls for inquiry as forestry death toll rises
Monday, 22 April 2013, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is calling for a Government inquiry into health and safety in the forestry industry after a 23-year-old forestry worker was killed near New Plymouth this morning. More >>
Forest Families gather to remember
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:38 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Workers who have been killed in New Zealand's forests will be remembered at a Workers Memorial Day service in Auckland on Sunday April 28. More >>
CTU commends Dunne’s decision not to support charter schools
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
EO Commissioner needs to leave National's policies behind
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The appointment by Judith Collins of a current National MP as Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner is a direct political appointment and as such it risks undermining the integrity of this crucial national human rights role says CTU President Helen Kelly. More >>
Government urged to act sooner on Foreign Charter Vessels
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions said today to the Primary Production Select Committee considering a Bill on the activities of foreign charter vessels fishing in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone that action is needed now. More >>
Economic growth not producing jobs
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"While it is good to see there was growth in the economy in the last three months of 2012, we have to ask: where are the jobs?" says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. More >>
CTU Joins Action Group Against Carpark Tax
Monday, 18 March 2013, 10:48 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has joined the FBT Action Group in the fight against Peter Dunne's proposed 50% carpark tax. More >>
Don't let house price inflation drive the the economy
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 10:50 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"While the Reserve Bank has clearly signalled that any increase in its official cash rate is unlikely before the end of the year, it would be wrong to raise interest rates after that time solely because of the threat of house price inflation", ... More >>
Mondayisation Bill set to go through
Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is pleased that the Bill to Mondayise the public holidays associated with Waitangi Day and ANZAC day where they fall in the weekend, looks set to pass its Second Reading tonight. More >>
Message to NZ Post must get through
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions says the NZ Post must give genuine consideration to options that keep postal services at the status quo as well as to other options forwarded by submitters in its submission on proposed changes to the NZ Post deed. More >>
Unions back International Women’s Day events
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Unions Manawatu are taking part in Te Manawa Wahine o te Ao event taking place in Palmerston North on International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March. More >>
Small rise in Minimum Wage doesn't address needs of low paid
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"The decision by the Government to raise the minimum wage by just 25 cents from $13.50 an hour to $13.75 - less than 1.9 percent - does nothing to address the increasingly obvious needs of low paid workers", says Peter Conway, CTU Secretary. More >>
More Disturbing News from Fiji
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 9:01 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is concerned that yet another decree from the Fiji Military dictatorship is curtailing the ability of political parties to participate in any election process. More >>
