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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions - Latest News [Page 87]
Need For High Skill/High Wage Approach Grows
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Results of an EMA survey released today highlight again the need for more investment in skill,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary, Paul Goulter today. More >>
Peters' Hysteria Denies Rational Debate
Monday, 11 November 2002, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Unions have always taken a stand against the politics of prejudice and the CTU supports the actions of the Service and Food Workers Union,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
CTU-Government Forum
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 11:47 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Around 80 trade union leaders have been joined by the Prime Minister and senior Government Ministers this morning for the CTU-Government forum. More >>
National Made Police Liable For Employee Stress!
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 9:11 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The National Party were responsible for the law changes which made the Police liable for damages claims for employee stress,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
CTU backs Players' Association
Wednesday, 6 November 2002, 9:41 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The Players Association is facing a Cricket Association strategy to destroy it and the CTU will back them as we would any other union fighting for its life,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
‘Aftermath’ Gives Human Face to Accident Stats
Wednesday, 6 November 2002, 9:40 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“This is long overdue research which not only gives workplace accident statistics a human face, but also highlights the huge emotional and financial cost of accidents,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
CTU Opposes Proposal to Drop Tariffs
Monday, 4 November 2002, 9:14 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU opposes the Government’s decision to proceed with a proposal for the WTO to negotiate non-agricultural products on a zero tariff/reciprocal basis,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
Higher Wages Needed to Address Labour Shortages
Monday, 4 November 2002, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“New Zealand needs higher wages if we are to seriously address labour shortages,” said Council of trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
CTU Challenges Employers To Co-operate On H&S Law
Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 9:45 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Our appalling workplace toll can be turned around if both business and unions commit to implementing the employee participation provisions of the new health and safety law,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Port Unions reject 'silly' claim
Thursday, 17 October 2002, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The claim by Dr Brent Layton that Lyttelton port unions have somehow engineered his demise is just plain silly,” said Paul Goulter, CTU Secretary and advocate for the port unions. More >>
Strikes still lower than last decade average
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 6:30 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“ Industrial relations stability under the Employment Relations Act continues to be reflected in the latest strike statistics,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Health Boards must pull managers to prevent strike
Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“It is time for the elected Health Boards to intervene with their managers who can’t get past the Employment Contracts Act ideology,” the president of the Council of Trade Unions Ross Wilson said today. More >>
NZ Unionists Join US Wharf Workers’ Picket
Friday, 4 October 2002, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
A delegation of New Zealand unionists leave on Sunday, 6 October to lend support to locked out wharf workers on the American West Coast. More >>
CTU Condemns American Wharf Workers Lockout
Thursday, 3 October 2002, 9:36 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The NZ Council of Trade Unions joined New Zealand maritime unions today in condemning the lockout of longshore workers on the West Coast of the USA. More >>
Maori Women's Pay Gap Under the Spotlight
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 10:55 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Union and community groups will come together on Friday with the launch of a new publicity campaign highlighting the issue of Pay Equity. The Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay (CEVEP) and the Council of Trade Unions will be hosting the launch ... More >>
Growth Figures Good But No Room For Complacency
Friday, 27 September 2002, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The figure of 1.7% for the quarter for production GDP was higher than market predictions and is a welcome sign that the economy is in reasonably good shape,” said Council of Trade Unions secretary Paul Goulter today. More >>
Employers Crying Wolf Again: On Pay Equity
Friday, 27 September 2002, 9:47 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Business NZ and EMA Northern are crying wolf on pay equity and their extravagant claims have as little substance as their disproven horror scenarios against employment relations and osh law reform,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said ... More >>
Court Decision Confirms Union Access Rights
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“This is a landmark decision confirming the right of unions to gain access to workplaces during a strike to monitor compliance by employers with the prohibition on hiring alternative strike breakers,” president of the Council of Trade Unions Ross Wilson ... More >>
LPC Panic Jeopardises Successful Port Settlement
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 9:18 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“The latest moves by the Lyttleton Port Company are most unhelpful and a barrier to progress in the collective agreement negotiations,” said joint unions advocate Paul Goulter today. More >>
Suffrage Day - Celebrating Women's Work
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“Tomorrow’s celebration of Suffrage Day is time to mark successes in the area of women’s rights and celebrate the work that women do,” said Council of Trade Unions vice president Darien Fenton today. More >>
