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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 34]
Pike Judicial review – still no justice for the 29 killed
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 11:43 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is extremely concerned with the release today of a High Court decision declining to review the decision by Worksafe not to proceed with the prosecution against Peter Whittall in relation to the 29 deaths at Pike River after his insurers paid $1.42m ... More >>
International Day for the Elimination of Violence
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: NZ women and families can’t wait More >>
Healthy homes = healthy people
Friday, 20 November 2015, 3:56 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Healthy homes = healthy people Everyone should have access to high quality safe housing. The CTU supports the nationwide ‘ Hikoi for Homes’ happening around the countrytomorrow. Sam Huggard, CTU Secretary, said “Healthy homes are crucial for healthy families. ... More >>
Five years since the Pike River Mine disaster
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 9:15 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU remembers the 29 men who were killed at work at Pike River Mine five years ago today on 19 November 2010. More >>
Meat workers win in Employment Court
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 8:44 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU congratulates the Meat Workers Union and their members who have successfully won a major legal development today in their push for a fair collective agreement at Talley's AFFCO. More >>
Unitec has failed employees & students
Friday, 13 November 2015, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions supports the 300 employees working at Unitec whose jobs have been disestablished in a decision made by Unitec’s chief executive, Rick Ede. Unitec, New Zealand’s largest polytechnic, decided last week to take away the jobs ... More >>
Union leader calls for AFFCO boycott
Tuesday, 10 November 2015, 11:11 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Vice-President Māori of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is asking iwi farming corporations and other Māori farmers to consider withholding stock from AFFCO meat processing plants until the company returns to bargaining and settles ... More >>
Zero hour contracts; why does the Government want them
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today is the last day for oral submissions on the Employment Standards Bill. This Bill puts zero hour contracts into law for the first time. More >>
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 >>
Workers are certainly concerned about wages, Minister
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 2:17 pm | NZCTU
The government may not be concerned about workers not getting a fair share, but workers themselves certainly are, the Council of Trade Unions said today. 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 >>
Doctor threatened with disciplinary action
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 9:44 am | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU echoes concerns raised by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) that Whanganui District Health Board is threatening to take displinary action against a senior doctor who spoke out publically against the Trans Pacific Partnership ... 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 >>
