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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 55]
Housing Affordability about incomes as well as house prices
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:17 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Peter Conway, CTU Secretary says “we welcome the focus brought to the issue of affordable quality housing in New Zealand by this report, and its interim findings that quality housing is simply unaffordable for many New Zealanders.” More >>
Helen Kelly – Fiji
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 5:12 pm | Council of Trade Unions
We are trying to ascertain what has happened to Helen Kelly, CTU President, following her arrival in Nadi today. More >>
CTU Welcomes Shearer
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 12:22 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed the election of David Shearer as leader of the Labour Party, with Grant Robertson as his Deputy. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary, said today that the CTU is not affiliated to the Labour Party but has a great interest ... More >>
Business NZ/CTU call for respect of labour standards in Fiji
Monday, 12 December 2011, 10:56 am | Council of Trade Unions
Business NZ and the NZ Council of Trade Unions have combined in a joint statement calling on the government of Fiji to respect their international obligations on labour standards. More >>
NZCTU: What is the Fijian Govt trying to hide?
Monday, 12 December 2011, 10:07 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Unions from New Zealand and Australia intend to proceed with plans to send a delegation to Fiji this week and have called on the regime to clarify media reports it will ban them from the country. More >>
A Decent Job – Right or Privilege
Friday, 9 December 2011, 11:35 am | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is asking employer organisations if they support decent jobs in New Zealand. More >>
OECD report suggests steeper income taxes for inequality
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A new report from the OECD lists New Zealand as among the countries with the fastest rising inequality since the mid 1980s. “The report confirms what the CTU and many others in New Zealand have been saying: that inequality has grown to disturbing proportions ... More >>
Meatworkers urge ANZCO/CMP to enter facilitation
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand meat workers Union filed for facilitation services from the Employment Relations Authority on Friday, and urges ANZCO/CMP to come to the table and work with facilitators to resolve this dispute. More >>
Government looking after the 1%
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:50 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“National’s undertakings with ACT in education, ACC and spending caps go well beyond what it told the electorate. It looks like ACT with just 1 percent of the vote is being given a privileged position dictating government policy,” says Helen ... More >>
Government looking after the 1%
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:50 pm | Council of Trade Unions
“National’s undertakings with ACT in education, ACC and spending caps go well beyond what it told the electorate. It looks like ACT with just 1 percent of the vote is being given a privileged position dictating government policy,” says Helen ... More >>
Union concerned about Samoan replacement lockout labour
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 10:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is concerned about reports that ANZCO is recruiting new workers in Samoa for its CMP Rangitikei plant. More >>
Major customer asks ANZCO to go back to mediation
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 1:39 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Waitrose has asked ANZCO to go back to mediation and reach a settlement with locked out CMP Rangitikei workers. More >>
Ports of Auckland
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 5:35 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is urging the parties involved in collective bargaining at Ports of Auckland to continue bargaining constructively and seek a mutually agreeable settlement as soon as possible. More >>
Lockout supporters fundraise nationwide this Saturday
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Supporters of the locked out ANZCO CMP meat workers will fundraise outside of McDonalds nationwide this Saturday 3 December. More >>
Locked out workers reject new offer, lockout continues
Monday, 28 November 2011, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The ANZCO CMP Rangitikei lock out continues as workers reject the company’s new offer at a meeting today. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly attended today’s meeting and says the company hasn’t significantly changed their ... More >>
New evidence shows stagnating incomes, greater rent burden
Friday, 25 November 2011, 1:41 pm | Council of Trade Unions
Households have lost spending power of 3.6 percent in the last two years, says CTU economist Bill Rosenberg. “The Household Economic Survey released today shows that average household incomes have risen only 3.4 percent over the last two years (June ... More >>
Time off to Vote
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:23 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is reminding people working on Saturday that they have the right to take time off to vote. More >>
$15.8m sitting unspent while Health and Safety suffers
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 11:53 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Despite severe staff shortages among health and safety inspectors, including those uncovered in the Pike River inquiry, the government failed to spend $15.8 million collected in levies for health and safety in the workplace, says CTU President Helen ... More >>
Wilkinson’s claims on pay equity investigations farcical
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media release 22 November 2011 Wilkinson’s claims on pay equity investigations proven farcical After receiving advice from the department of Labour, CTU President Helen Kelly today said that the Minister of Labour is wrong about pay equity investigations ... More >>
Exodus to Australia Worsens
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU Media Release 22 November 2011 Exodus to Australia Worsens Statistics New Zealand has reported today that “New Zealand's net loss of migrants in the October 2011 year was due to a net loss of 35,000 people to Australia. This is only just below ... More >>
