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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 50]
Worsening forecasts don’t help those out of work
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 6:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 6 September 2012 Worsening forecasts don’t help those out of work New Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment forecasts out today are that New Zealand’s jobless rate won’t fall below 6 percent before 2014. CTU Economist ... More >>
Greater effort needed to get young into skills training
Monday, 3 September 2012, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZCTU Media Release 4 September 2012 Greater effort needed to get young into skills training Greater effort needs to be made to ensure that New Zealand’s 84,000 young people not in education, employment or training participate in the skills and trades ... More >>
CTU backs calls for a living wage
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU is backing the campaign for a living wage being launched in Wellington tomorrow by the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota. More >>
Reduce inequality: lift wages
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 2:29 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU is alarmed at a report from the Ministry of Social Development that shows inequality in New Zealand is at its highest level ever. The report also shows that the average income has fallen for the first time since its low point in the early 1990s. More >>
Forestry Sectors “One Trick Pony” won't end workplace toll
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
With a death toll 34 times higher than the UK and wages ranking 4th lowest of 12 comparator countries Forestry contractors and owners would be better not off not defending their workplaces as safe but instead telling the New Zealand public how ... More >>
Record Outflow to Australia
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 12:17 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Statistics New Zealand have reported today that the net loss of migrants to Australia in the July 2012 year was 39,800. This equals the highest ever net loss to Australia, previously recorded in both the April 2012 and June 2012 years. More >>
Port transparency overdue
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 2:16 pm | Council of Trade Unions
On the week the Martime Union has written to the Auckland Council seeking for the Port to be accountable for the money squandered on its ill-conceived contracting plan, it is great news that Labours Darien Fenton has had her Bill seeking to increase ... More >>
Drug testing beneficiaries attempt to blame the unemployed
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 12:41 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Following a OIA request, CTU has received information from the Ministry of Social Development today that the government has received no advice, briefings, papers or reports in the last twelve months about complaints from employers about beneficiaries ... More >>
Higher unemployment needs a plan
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 11:51 am | Council of Trade Unions
Council of Trade Unions President Helen Kelly says statistics released today with an increase in the unemployment rate shows the continuing ambivalence of Government to addressing this issue is unsustainable. More >>
LCI shows wages barely keeping up with inflation
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:28 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today’s 0.5 percent increase in the Labour Cost Index in the three months to June means that wages and salaries are no further ahead compared to inflation than they were six months ago, and 2.5 percent behind where they were in March 2009. More >>
Industry Training Review Must Include Worker Perspectives
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 1 August 2012 Industry Training Review Must Include Worker Perspectives The speech by Minister Steven Joyce at the Industry Training Federation Conference today was made in the context of a huge need to develop and retain skilled workers ... More >>
Pay expectations gap no surprise
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 31 July 2012 Pay expectations gap no surprise The Council of Trade Unions is not surprised at the gap between worker and employer pay rise expectations. The latest Hays survey shows that whereas 35 per cent of workers expect their salary ... More >>
UN Committee warns NZ Government on employment law changes
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A report released this weekend by the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a direct warning to the New Zealand government that it needs to reconsider employment changes it has ... More >>
How many of the Rich List pay a fair tax?
Friday, 27 July 2012, 11:10 am | Council of Trade Unions
Commenting on today’s release of the annual ‘rich list’ CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg asks how many of the rich list paid a fair tax on the income from their wealth? More >>
$15 minimum wage a good start
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 4:59 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU supports David Clark’s members bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour as a good starting place to lift low wages in New Zealand says Helen Kelly, CTU President. More >>
Home and Hospital carers shouldn’t have to strike for $14/hr
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 4:55 pm | Council of Trade Unions
CTU supports members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and Service and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota (SFWU), who are taking strike action seeking a fair wage increase from Aranui Home and Hospital, says CTU President Helen Kelly. More >>
Low price increases welcome, but wage increases still needed
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 1:51 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Many families will still be struggling to keep up with the cost of living despite the record low annual CPI inflation of 1.0 percent for the year to June. Many workers have faced low wage increases in the past three years, and the low inflation should ... More >>
EQC must challenge Fletcher’s profiteering
Sunday, 15 July 2012, 11:50 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions says Fletcher Building’s decision to cut painters and plasterers’ pay rates is an abuse of contracted labour and is calling on the EQC to bring the company into line. More >>
Government causing more job losses than they create
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 10 July 2012 Government causing more job losses than they create News this morning of up to 220 job losses at Kiwirail because of cost cutting measures is indicative of how this government views investment in jobs and infrastructure ... More >>
More support, not less please Minister!
Friday, 29 June 2012, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The shift of the National Advisory Committee on the Employment of Women (NACEW) to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs is an opportunity to address some of the serious challenges facing women in work says Sheryl Cadman, Co-Convenor of the CTU Women’s ... More >>
