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Even Business Should Support Pay Equity
Friday, 23 May 2003, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Pay discrimination against women is in breach of international human rights law and even Business NZ should support its elimination,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Union Membership Continues to Climb
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:38 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The Victoria University annual survey showing that the number of New Zealanders in trade unions continues to grow is good news,” said Paul Goulter, secretary of the Council of Trade Unions today. More >>
Time to Abolish Privy Council Appeals Says CTU
Monday, 19 May 2003, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Ending appeals to the Privy Council will affirm this country’s identity as a developed, democratic and independent nation,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson told a Parliamentary Select Committee hearing submissions on the Supreme Court Bill ... More >>
Budget Too Cautious– CTU
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson has described today’s budget as “too cautious”. More >>
Social Development Can’t Wait Until 2004
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Unions want to see proper funding of quality public services and sufficient resources in the state sector for decent pay and conditions for workers in Thursday’s budget,” Council of Trade Unions President Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Employers Acting Illegally Over SARS
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Workers who turn up fit for work cannot be forced to take leave, regardless of whether they have returned from a country with SARS,” said Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson today. More >>
CTU condemns Carter Holt tactics
Friday, 9 May 2003, 8:54 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“It seems very clear that the Carter Holt negotiators deliberately broke down the Kinleith negotiations yesterday and should be condemned for it” CTU president Ross Wilson More >>
CTU Seeks Legal Backup For Redundancies
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Workers who negotiate redundancy agreements should be able to be confident those agreements will protect them when a business becomes insolvent and they lose their jobs,” Council of Trade Unions present Ross Wilson said this morning. More >>
Labour Market Not Responding to Shortages
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The labour market does not appear to be responding in any significant way to labour and skill shortages,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter, today. More >>
Work With Us to Reduce Workplace Death Toll
Monday, 5 May 2003, 10:15 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The death toll in our workplaces can be dramatically reduced if employers co-operation with unions on the implementation of new health and safety law,” Council of Trade Union president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
CTU Enthusiastic Partner in Skills Campaign
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The CTU is an enthusiastic partner in the “Skill New Zealand” campaign with the Government and Business New Zealand,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Unionists Demand Respect For Workers’ Rights
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Workers around the world are mobilising to demand respect tomorrow on International Workers Day – May 1. More >>
CTU Calls For CHH To Get Back To The Table
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:39 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions today called on Carter Holt Harvey to return to the bargaining table with striking Kinleith workers and their union, EPMU. More >>
Business On Wrong Side of Road Debate
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 9:08 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Business representative groups using half page ads in today’s daily papers to attack the Land Transport Management Bill are way off track,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
Breaking the Barriers to Retirement Saving
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson today welcomed Government’s plans to hold a forum to revitalise employer based retirement saving schemes. More >>
Workers Stop And Remember The Dead
Monday, 28 April 2003, 9:23 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Union members from Kaitaia to Bluff will stop over the next two days to remember those who have lost their lives at work. More >>
Interest Rates Move In Right Direction
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 10:48 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The Reserve Bank’s move to cut interest rates is a step in the right direction,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
Urgent Need For New Health and Safety Law
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 6:35 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Changes to our health and safety law in three week’s time are urgently needed to prevent repeated tragic accidents in our workplaces,” said Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson today. More >>
Time To Cut Interest Rates - CTU
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 6:32 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The case is by now well-established for a cut in interest rates,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
CTU Secretary Resigns
Friday, 11 April 2003, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The secretary of the Council of Trade Unions, Paul Goulter, has announced his resignation and will leave the CTU in June 2003. More >>
