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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 45]
Decision proves urgency of health and safety reforms
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A High Court decision that those in charge of a business can escape responsibility for workplace safety shows the urgent need for stronger health and safety laws, says the Council of Trade Unions. More >>
Minister misleads Select Committee about forestry safety
Friday, 28 June 2013, 2:30 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU President Helen Kelly has today written to the Chair of the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee, Hon. David Bennett, to express concern that the Committee received a misleading report from the Minister of Labour in regards a visit she accompanied ... More >>
Historic pay equity case for carers
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 8:59 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
This week marks a historic legal case for thousands of low-paid women workers says Helen Kelly, CTU President as the case for pay equity enters its second day in the Employment Court today. More >>
Action to Protect Migrant Workers Overdue
Sunday, 23 June 2013, 1:07 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has today welcomed Government announcements to penalise employers of migrant workers in certain circumstances and also provide migrant workers with greater protection if they raise a claim of exploitation. More >>
Economic growth still benefiting only a few
Friday, 21 June 2013, 3:41 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“Growth in the economy in the March quarter was weaker than expected at 0.3 percent, and too many people are still missing out on what growth we are seeing,” says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. More >>
Minister Refuses ILO Advice
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 9:01 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Labour Minister Simon Bridges has now confirmed he will not agree to a meeting with ILO Officials to seek advice on the compliance of proposed labour law changes with New Zealand’s commitments under ILO conventions. More >>
Manufacturing Strategy a Modern Blueprint
Monday, 17 June 2013, 10:45 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU congratulates Labour, Greens, NZ First and Mana for releasing a comprehensive strategy on the manufacturing sector. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary, says “manufacturing is of huge significance to our economy and provides many jobs. But we could do so ... More >>
Fee for mail delivery inequitable and doesn’t fix problem
Friday, 14 June 2013, 10:59 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The suggestion that households may have to pay if they want a five or six day postal delivery service is inequitable and fails to resolve the underlying problems New Zealand Post faces”, says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. He was reacting to ... More >>
Strike busting law proposed by National MP
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 1:42 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU says that Jami-Lee Ross' Employment Relations (Continuity of Labour) Bill that would allow casual workers to be employed during a strike specifically as strike busters is another attack on collective bargaining and would reduce wages. More >>
ILO told that NZ is no longer the international ‘good guy’
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 9:05 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
In a speech to the ILO conference today CTU President Helen Kelly has said that by passing law changes that the New Zealand Government knows are in breach of its ILO undertakings, New Zealand can no longer pretend to be the ‘good guy’ of international ... More >>
Government urged to reconsider employment law changes
Friday, 7 June 2013, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes the statement today from Building Service Contractors (BSC), a business group that represents New Zealand’s building services contractors, urging the Government to reconsider the proposed amendments to Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act ... More >>
Govt’s Employment law to come under international scrutiny
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU has written to Minister of Labour Simon Bridges urging him to seek the advice of the International Labour Conference on the legality of his proposed changes to labour law when he attends the ILO conference in Geneva in two weeks’ time. More >>
Bill to cut workers’ pay in Parliament
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:34 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is disappointed that the government law to make it easier to cut workers’ pay and conditions, and remove vulnerable workers protection will have its First Reading in Parliament tonight. More >>
$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 >>
Health Budget on track for a $100m shortfall
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 1:20 pm | Council of Trade Unions
A pre-Budget analysis of government health expenditure prepared by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and released today, estimates that if last year’s increase in Vote Health was repeated this year, there will be an almost $100 million shortfall ... More >>
Aim should be jobs for all
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:16 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions says that while the drop of 15,000 in the number of people who are unemployed is welcome, we are still a long way off from returning to the low levels of unemployment in 2008. More >>
Don't Hit First Home and Low Income House Buyers
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 9:04 am | Council of Trade Unions
"The CTU welcomes the Reserve Bank's decision to begin using macro-prudential policies with its announcement that it will require banks to have higher capital requirements for loans with lower deposits", says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. 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 >>
