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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 46]
Wages need to rise faster
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:49 pm | Council of Trade Unions
"Wage rises are disappointingly slow given the economy now appears to be growing", says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. "It is good to see wages rising faster than prices, but labour productivity growth is strong given slow growth in hours worked ... More >>
Living wage at The Warehouse welcomed
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 11:20 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has congratulated The Warehouse Group and FIRST Union for putting in place steps for a living wage for retail workers at the company. More >>
Government books show they can afford to do more for jobs
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The last financial statements of the government before the Budget show it has room to do more on creating jobs and address New Zealand’s high unemployment rate,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg. More >>
CTU Supports Tourism Awareness Campaign on Fiji
Sunday, 5 May 2013, 12:28 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is supporting a campaign to raise awareness among potential tourists of the reality of life in Fiji. Peter Conway, of the CTU says “Fiji is a military dictatorship and far from the paradise portrayed in tourism brochures”. More >>
CTU urges Government to implement Taskforce report in full
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 3:16 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU President Helen Kelly says “the Health and Safety Taskforce report released today is a thorough, well researched and compelling message to all of us that we are not doing enough to keep our workers safe.” More >>
Unions Mourn Loss of Parekura Horomia
Monday, 29 April 2013, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 29 April 2013 Unions Mourn Loss of Parekura Horomia Workers will be deeply saddened to hear of the passing away of Parekura Horomia says the Council of Trade Unions. Helen Kelly, CTU President and Syd Keepa, Vice President Māori ... More >>
Employment Relations Bill Will Cut Workers' Pay
Friday, 26 April 2013, 11:45 am | Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 26 April 2013 Employment Relations Bill Will Cut Workers’ Pay The Bill introduced today to destroy collective bargaining is a direct attack on the wages and conditions of those who go to work every day in this country. Helen ... More >>
More Needs To Be Done For Kiwi Jobs From Govt Procurement
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 12:18 pm | NZCTU
CTU Media Release 24 April 2013 More Needs To Be Done For Kiwi Jobs From Government Procurement In response to the release today from the Government of streamlined procurement rules, the CTU says that there is more to be done to back Kiwi workers to be employed ... More >>
CTU calls for inquiry as forestry death toll rises
Monday, 22 April 2013, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is calling for a Government inquiry into health and safety in the forestry industry after a 23-year-old forestry worker was killed near New Plymouth this morning. More >>
Ministry's treatment of forest death shabby
Friday, 19 April 2013, 2:28 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Shane Philip Frater, 28, died on 1 May 2009 in a forestry block near Te Pohue, off the Napier-Taupo Rd, when he was hit by a branch of a tree as it slid down a hillside. "Despite the Department of Labour carrying out the investigation it now has ... More >>
Forest Families gather to remember
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:38 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Workers who have been killed in New Zealand's forests will be remembered at a Workers Memorial Day service in Auckland on Sunday April 28. More >>
CTU commends Dunne’s decision not to support charter schools
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Maximum penalties not enough for Pike River Directors
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 4:13 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes the guilty verdict against Pike River Coal Ltd and calls for a law change to make company directors liable where their company was negligent. More >>
Lower power prices good for families
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 1:38 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes new thinking from the Labour and Green Parties today to reduce power prices. It is long overdue. Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist says "New Zealand residential electricity consumers have suffered from the reliance on an electricity 'market' ... More >>
EO Commissioner needs to leave National's policies behind
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The appointment by Judith Collins of a current National MP as Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner is a direct political appointment and as such it risks undermining the integrity of this crucial national human rights role says CTU President Helen Kelly. More >>
Government urged to act sooner on Foreign Charter Vessels
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions said today to the Primary Production Select Committee considering a Bill on the activities of foreign charter vessels fishing in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone that action is needed now. More >>
Health Minister needs to engage on professional issues
Monday, 8 April 2013, 9:36 am | Council of Trade Unions
CTU says the Minister of Health needs to engage in serious professional issues raised in a paper from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists presented at the Australian Medical Association Meeting over the weekend rather than dismiss them ... More >>
Third Forest Death a Tragedy
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 9:34 am | NZCTU
Third Forest Death a Tragedy “News that another forestry worker was killed in Rotorua yesterday is an absolute tragedy and brings the toll this year alone to 3 with another 4 workers seriously harmed. It also shows that the new forestry standards ... More >>
Welfare Reforms: Wrong Route
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 11:23 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Social Security Bill that the Government is preparing to pass in Parliament is the wrong approach in an unprecedented time of high unemployment and looming redundancies. More >>
Economic growth not producing jobs
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"While it is good to see there was growth in the economy in the last three months of 2012, we have to ask: where are the jobs?" says Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist. More >>
