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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.
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Inflation Data Shows Need For A Plan On Climate And Population
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Data today shows headline CPI inflation at 4%, continuing the fall begun in March 2023. Rises are concentrated in particular sectors – especially services. This data also shows that that the minimum wage increase will be half the rate of inflation ... More >>
Myanmar Community Leading Rally At Parliament In Opposition To Junta Visit
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:27 pm | NZCTU
Local Myanmar community organisations are leading a rally at Parliament in opposition to the Myanmar military junta joining the ASEAN-NZ Dialogue meeting scheduled for 18-19 April in Wellington. More >>
CTU Stands In Solidarity With Public Service Workers
Friday, 5 April 2024, 11:03 am | Council of Trade Unions
“It is the role of government to invest in services and prevent rising unemployment. Yet here we have a government that is actively pushing people into unemployment in their ideological pursuit of tax cuts for landlords and high-income earners. More >>
CTU Calls On NZ Govt To Exclude Myanmar Junta From ASEAN Meeting
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 5:10 am | Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is supporting the 33 Myanmar community organizations in NZ who are calling on the New Zealand Government to reverse the invitation to the Myanmar military junta to join the ASEAN-NZ Dialogue meeting scheduled for 18-19 ... More >>
Unions Deliver MPs Petition To Stop Real Terms Cuts To The Minimum Wage
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today a delegation from the union movement delivered a petition of nearly 9,000 people calling on the Government to commit to annual minimum wage increases that keep up with rising costs. “This Government is effectively cutting the wages of ... More >>
Budget Policy Statement Still Missing In Action
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Government has released its Budget Policy Statement today, showing worsening economic forecasts with inflation falling more quickly than expected, caused by unemployment rising and growth stalling. However, the statement lacks information on what the ... More >>
CTU: More Questions For The Government’s Tax Changes As Costs Grow
Monday, 25 March 2024, 6:21 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The cost of the income taxation changes is now half a billion dollars more than National indicated in its pre-election fiscal plan More >>
CTU To Support Uber Drivers Rallying For Basic Workers’ Rights
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:18 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
This case is relevant not only to gig or platform workers, but to all working people. All workers who have been misclassified as contractors have the right to test their employment status in court. More >>
Workers Should Worry About New Threat To Workplace Protections In Minister’s Speech
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Minister Brooke van Velden’s speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce last night is another alarming sign of the Government’s low regard for workers’ basic rights. “The Minister appeared to endorse proposals that would strip workers of essential ... More >>
Landlord Tax Cuts Cost Explodes – As Does Government’s Tax Plans
Monday, 11 March 2024, 6:56 pm | CTU
Changes to taxation for landlords have blown out in cost and taken the Government's tax plans with them said CTU Economist and Director of Policy Craig Renney. “At the election, the National party claimed that the return of interest deductibility ... More >>
CTU: Govt Must Commit To Follow Australia’s Lead On Pay Gap Reporting
Friday, 8 March 2024, 11:56 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
In 2023, the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women, acting as New Zealand’s Pay Transparency Advisory Group, recommended that a mandatory reporting system be adopted to help lower the ethnic and gender pay gap and increase transparency. ... More >>
CTU Has Informed EU Of Free Trade Agreement Labour Law Breach
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:29 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU has sent a letter to the European Commissioner of Trade to bring his attention to New Zealand’s disregard of its obligations under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the NZ–EU FTA by the Government’s repeal of Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs). ... More >>
ACC Cuts Will Put The Health Of New Zealanders At Risk
Friday, 1 March 2024, 9:57 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
In response to news that ACC plans to cut operational spending by 6.5%, CTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Minister of Finance to prioritise the protection of essential services over irresponsible tax cuts. “These sweeping cuts at ACC ... More >>
Govt Must Regulate To Protect Migrant Workers On Work Visas From Exploitation
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The NZ Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on Government to regulate greater protections for migrant workers including decoupling work visas from single employers, and for a comprehensive review into the policy settings of the Accredited ... More >>
Child Poverty Data Shows Govt Must Take Action
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to take action on poverty and the cost of living, in response to new data released today showing an increase in child poverty rates. The number of children living in poverty increased ... More >>
NZCTU Statement On Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 10:56 am | NZCTU
The union movement is sending its love and condolences to the family of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, said NZCTU President, Richard Wagstaff, today. “We are heartbroken for Efeso’s whānau, friends and community,” said Wagstaff. “This news is devastating. ... More >>
Productivity Commission Report Shows Need For Income Insurance At Redundancy
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 11:53 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Productivity Commission report released today on the impact that redundancy has on New Zealand workers shows the need for the protection that income insurance provides, said CTU President Richard Wagstaff The report, using a detailed study ... More >>
Govt’s Failure To Fund New Interislander Ferries Example Of Short-term Thinking
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The decision to not fund the purchase of new Interislander ferries shows the Minister of Finance is out of her depth, said NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff. “The failure to adequately fund the purchase of the new ferries is an example of this Government’s ... More >>
Govt Must Deliver Increases To Minimum Wage That Keep Up With Inflation
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to deliver minimum wage increases that keep up with rising costs, in response to new inflation data released by Stats NZ today. The data shows that food and housing prices have risen ... More >>
Government’s Policies Will Make It Harder For Unemployed Workers
Thursday, 8 February 2024, 9:45 am | NZCTU
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is concerned that the Government’s welfare and employment policies will make it harder for people who lose their jobs, following the release of new employment data. The data shows that unemployment rose for the ... More >>
