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Let Youth Debate Lowering The Voting Age
Friday, 22 June 2007, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Young people would love the chance to debate a lowering of the voting age to 16," CTU Youth Union Movement Co-Convenor Ingrid Beckers said today. More >>
Workers & Families Want Safe Workplaces
Friday, 22 June 2007, 12:09 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Workers and their families want safe workplaces and to feel confident that they will return home from work at the end of each day," CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Consensus Builds For Flexible Working Hours
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"It is very encouraging to see a consensus building that flexible work is important for all New Zealand workers, not just parents of children under five years or with disabilities, as the current Bill before Parliament provides for," CTU secretary ... More >>
Home Affordability Not Just About Prices
Monday, 18 June 2007, 11:33 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Home affordability is not just about house prices - it is also about incomes, and the Council of Trade Unions submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Housing Affordability says that the Select Committee should also look at the problem of low ... More >>
Employers Assn. KiwiSaver Comments Unhelpful
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Workers have options under KiwiSaver and employers should not be attempting to get workers to agree not to join a KiwiSaver scheme if they had a pay increase," CTU Economist Peter Conway said in response to comments today from EMA Northern. More >>
Compounding International Labour Law Breaches
Saturday, 9 June 2007, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“By passing the further WorkChoices amendments to its Workplace Relations Act the Australian Government has seriously compounded its breaches of Convention 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining,” New Zealand Council of Trade Unions ... More >>
CTU Seeks Int'l Help For Filipino Unionist
Friday, 8 June 2007, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"The Council of Trade Unions is seeking the support of the United Nations International Labour Organisation to ensure the safety of trade unionist Dennis Maga when he returns to the Philippines," CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Collective Processes Provide Best Opportunity
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Collective bargaining provides the best opportunity and framework for addressing working conditions and chronic low wages in the aged care sector," Council of Trade Unions secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
Unions Urge PM To Raise Human Rights With Arroyo
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"The union movement is gravely concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines and are urging our Prime Minister to raise this with Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during her New Zealand visit next week," CTU president ... More >>
Council of Trade Unions Opens Nominations
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions today opened nominations for the four elected positions within the organisation, President, Vice President, Vice President Maori and Secretary-Treasurer. More >>
Public Service Providing Services NZers Demand
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"Public service workers are at the heart of providing the high quality services that the public of New Zealand demand," CTU president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Union support for Kiwisaver overwhelming
Monday, 21 May 2007, 11:06 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Union support for Kiwisaver is overwhelming despite some high profile media comment suggesting otherwise,” CTU president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Investment Budget, But Employers Need To Invest To
Friday, 18 May 2007, 10:42 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"I hope that that employers will use their large tax cut to invest in modernisation, improving productivity, skills and boosting wages for workers in a tight labour market," CTU president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Work Life Balance Needed For All Families
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 10:20 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions is marking International Families Day with a call that all workers should have access to work-life balance solutions, not just the few. More >>
Unions Take Pride In Make Poverty History Campaign
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 10:19 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Unions were proud to have played a key role in the campaign to Make Poverty History,” CTU vice president Maori Sharon Clair said today. More >>
Time For Bank Economists To Look In The Mirror
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 12:34 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Can the bank economists this time please stop saying low unemployment is bad news and look in the mirror?” CTU president Ross Wilson said today. “It is significant that today’s labour market statistics show we have the highest employment level ... More >>
Subway's Attitude Shows Need For Protections
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 12:21 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"A huge international corporate like Subway should know better than to fire someone at will for such an incredibly minor issue as drink sharing," Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Kiwi Workers Won’t Tolerate Lockout Bullying
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Amcor Flexibles should immediately end its lockout of more than 50 factory workers in Auckland and get back to the negotiating table,” CTU president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Age Care funding a milestone
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“A tremendous boost for low paid workers and a milestone in the co-operative work being undertaken in the aged care sector” CTU president Ross Wilson said today in welcoming the Government funding boost announced to day. More >>
Enquiry Into Monetary Policy Makes Sense
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 10:40 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
"It is clear that the Reserve Bank's attempts to cool the housing market by putting up interest rates is worsening the exchange rate and hurting exporters, and the CTU is encouraging the Finance and Expenditure select committee to look at a more appropriate ... More >>
