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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 38]
Jobs hard to find for youth and Māori
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 5 May 2011 Jobs hard to find for youth and Māori More >>
Unemployment Persistently High
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 11:17 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today’s unemployment figures showing 155,000 people or 6.6 percent of people out of work shows that unemployment is remaining persistently high. The level of 155,000 people out of work compares with 90,000 unemployed in June 2008. More >>
Workers’ wages are not keeping up with costs
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Wages fell well behind price increases in the last three months for most people. Meanwhile top executives are getting percentage pay rises in the double digits”, says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. More >>
Helen Kelly Speech to International Workers Memorial Day
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today is international workers memorial day. A day when workers around the world stop to remember those workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. It is day to mourn the dead and to fight for the living. More >>
Workers Memorial Day - Focus on safety of our workers
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Helen Kelly will attend a Memorial Service on the West Coast tomorrow as part of Workers Memorial Day – an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. “This year has been one ... More >>
Following OECD advice will increase hardship & unemployment
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The OECD’s advice that the government should carry out “bolder fiscal consolidation” is badly timed, and bad advice. Following that advice could push New Zealand back into recession and would leave us with continuing high levels of unemployment. “We’ve ... More >>
South Korean, NZ union centres oppose free trade agreement
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Korean Council of Trade Unions, representing 800,000 members and 25 million workers in South Korea, and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions representing 350,000 workers in New Zealand are calling on their governments to thoroughly review their ... More >>
CTU Proposes Worker Assistance Package for Canterbury
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 8:54 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The package has three components - ongoing income support for those workers who cannot return to their old job or find a suitable new job; a number of skills initiatives, and; employment schemes. More >>
Facts on the wage comparison with Australia
Monday, 11 April 2011, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Prime Minister has on several occasions, including TVNZ's Breakfast this morning asserted that the after-tax average wage has gone up 16 percent since October 2008 because of tax cuts, and that as a result New Zealand’s after tax average wage ... More >>
Government Promotes Low Wage Vision
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Government Promotes Low Wage Vision The CTU has strongly criticised comments by Deputy Prime Minister Bill English that New Zealand has a competitive advantage in attracting overseas investment because our wages are 30 percent cheaper than in Australia. ... More >>
SIS Amendment Bill should not be heard in secret
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 10:10 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The SIS Amendment Bill opens the possibility of the SIS creating an extensive army of informants immune from criminal and civil prosecution, NZCTU President Helen Kelly will be telling the Intelligence and Security Committee today. More >>
Canterbury Workers Need More Support - CTU
Monday, 4 April 2011, 9:22 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Peter Conway, CTU Secretary said "we have asked the Government to extend the period for the earthquake support subsidy and job loss cover rather than phase these programmes out over coming weeks. We have also requested the development of specific ... More >>
Bad for all, worse for Māori
Friday, 1 April 2011, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions Runanga says employment law changes coming into force today will impact particularly heavily on Maori workers. More >>
What matters is the effect on people
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 11:44 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The very slow growth in GDP of 0.2 percent in the three months to December following a fall in September should be seen as a leading indicator of continuing high unemployment unless government action is taken”, says CTU economist, Bill Rosenberg. He noted ... More >>
Court of Appeal upholds union appeal on strike breakers
Thursday, 10 March 2011, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Court of Appeal upholds union appeal on strike breakers The Court of Appeal has quashed the Employment Court decision which permitted the use of strike breakers during the 2009 dispute between the Dairy Workers Union and the Talley’s company, ... More >>
Interest rate rate & coordination with government welcome
Thursday, 10 March 2011, 10:40 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomed the Reserve Bank's significant 0.5 percent reduction in the Official Cash Rate to 2.5 percent today. "This recognises not only the effects of the disastrous Christchurch earthquake but the fact that the economy is in - or is at ... More >>
Wrong-headed Welfare Working Group miss the point
Monday, 7 March 2011, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Wrong-headed Welfare Working Group miss the point The CTU backs beneficiary groups’ concerns about the recommendations in the Welfare Working Group’s report. “We are particularly concerned at the recommendations to remove 100,000 people off benefits ... More >>
Employers need to hold off redundancy decisions
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Employers whose businesses have been affected by the Canterbury earthquakes should hold off making decisions about such things as closures and redundancies, according to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. More >>
NZCTU sympathy and support for people of Canterbury
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions sends sympathy and support to the people of Canterbury. CTU President Helen Kelly said that unions held a national meeting today and expressed their solidarity with all those affected by the earthquake. “The loss of life and ... More >>
Government accounts show no need for asset sales
Friday, 18 February 2011, 11:33 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
There is no cause for an asset sale spree according to the Government’s financial accounts for the six months to December, says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. There is however a need for continued government spending to prevent unemployment rising ... More >>
