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CTU Statement on The Hobbit and Warners
Friday, 22 October 2010, 11:44 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Helen Kelly, CTU President, said today that the industrial issues concerning the film industry were resolved at a meeting with SPADA last week. More >>
Facts on Hobbit
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 10:28 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Helen Kelly, CTU President, said today that it is important that some facts about the union stance on the Hobbit are placed before the public. More >>
National Day of Action for Fairness – CTU
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 10:14 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Thousands of workers from a myriad of occupations and from Kaitaia to Bluff will stop work today to discuss their rights at work. More >>
Syd Keepa new CTU Vice-President Māori
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 10:16 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Peter Conway, CTU Secretary, said today that “we warmly welcome Syd Keepa as a CTU Officer, joining Helen Kelly, Richard Wagstaff and me. We have all worked closely with Syd as one of the Conveners of Te Runanga o Nga Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa.” More >>
Government charges, food prices drive CPI increase
Monday, 18 October 2010, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A 1.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index in the three months to September has been largely driven by additional government charges and increases in food prices. More >>
Government has room to do more on stalling economy
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
There is clearly still room for fiscal stimulus for an economy that is not going anywhere, and in fact is getting smaller per New Zealander, said the CTU today. The Government Financial Statements for the year ended in June show an operating deficit ... More >>
Unfair funding switch in tertiary education
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is critical of the Government announcement to remove funding equivalent to 55,000 places in industry training. More >>
Quit the rhetoric and resolve The Hobbit dispute
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 9:49 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU President Helen Kelly has called on Wingnut Film representative Philippa Boyens to work with her and find a solution to the current dispute about the rights of NZ performers to have a say on their terms and conditions for The Hobbit. More >>
CTU releases Alternative Economic Strategy
Monday, 11 October 2010, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has released an alternative economic strategy. More >>
Real incomes falling
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Median weekly incomes have stagnated in dollar terms since 2008, which means they have fallen over 4 percent in real terms (that is, after price rises have been taken into account), said the CTU today. More >>
High performance initiative earns high praise
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed the announcement by the Government of a programme to support high performance work initiatives. More >>
Government to cut minimum wages?
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The refusal today by Health Minister Tony Ryall to rule out amending the Minimum Wage Act is a very worrying signal that minimum wages could be cut in this country, CTU President Helen Kelly said. The Minister refused to rule out the move in the ... More >>
Need for end to Government complacency
Tuesday, 5 October 2010, 11:52 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The report from NZIER today which describes an ‘economy in reverse’ should be a wake-up call to the Government, following the unexpectedly low GDP growth reported in the June quarter, said the CTU today. More >>
Model for ACC changes proves recipe for disaster
Friday, 1 October 2010, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A Canadian experience rating scheme for accident compensation similar to the Government’s plans for ACC published today in its consultation paper, was proven to encourage the concealment and the playing down of accidents including thousands of amputations, ... More >>
Employment law changes to increase discrimination
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 5:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Employment law changes will increase the likelihood of discrimination occurring in the workplace, said two representative union groups appearing before the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee today. The CTU’s youth wing “Stand ... More >>
Changes in overseas investment rules welcome
Monday, 27 September 2010, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes the decision by the Government not to weaken the already feeble overseas investment rules after a review that took over a year behind closed doors. More >>
Secret ballot Bill unnecessary and unbalanced
Monday, 27 September 2010, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU has repeated its view that the Employment Relations (Workers’ Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill is an unwarranted and unnecessary bureaucratic imposition on workers’ freedoms. More >>
Tax changes - not fair, won't help the economy
Monday, 27 September 2010, 9:30 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Not only are the tax changes that take effect on 1 October unfair and will hit low income people hard, but they will be ineffective in dragging New Zealand out of recession and into long run improvements in the economy, says CTU Economist and Policy Director ... More >>
No breaks for workers from this Government
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Despite compelling submissions that the current right of workers to a rest and meal break should continue to form part of our basic labour rights, the Government is ploughing ahead with the Bill that will remove the right of workers to a tea and ... More >>
GDP growth figure a shocker
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The growth in GDP reported by Statistics New Zealand for the three months to June should be a call to further action by the Government, said the CTU today. At 0.2 percent it is well behind market predictions of around 0.5 percent. The Reserve Bank ... More >>
