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- 29 May 2026
There are myriad stories about yesterday’s Budget with the major sources linked below. Unions have received some excellent coverage and NZCTU President Sandra Grey was interviewed… Read More »29 May 2026 - Thursday 28 May 2026
Today’s Union News is heavily focused on today’sBudget. Don’t forget we’re going Live on Facebook at 5:30 with our alternative to Budget from Te Tahua a… Read More »Thursday 28 May 2026 - Wednesday 27 May
The Budget tomorrow is today’s main focus. Join us for our Facebook Live event tomorrow at 5:30pm from the National Library following our co-design event Te… Read More »Wednesday 27 May
Latest Press Releases
- Workers’ analysis of Budget 2026
Security for all? The government has framed Budget 26 as one that will “secure New Zealand’s future”. The key argument that Minister Willis and Prime Minister Luxon want to… Read More »Workers’ analysis of Budget 2026 - We are calling on the government to change course
In the afternoon of the announcement of Budget 2026, the NZCTU brought together more than 80 people from 50 organisations to pen a response to the Budget and what… Read More »We are calling on the government to change course - Guns, prisons, and roads Budget is another disaster for working Kiwis
Budget 2026 steals from low-income families and slashes public services, making working people and their families worse off in a cost-of-living crisis. Nicola Willis’s final Budget is a visionless… Read More »Guns, prisons, and roads Budget is another disaster for working Kiwis - New Zealand workers’ right to strike backed by world’s top court
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes yesterday’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirming that the right to strike is protected… Read More »New Zealand workers’ right to strike backed by world’s top court - Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again
The Government’s announcement that it will increase housing costs for some of the poorest families in the country is a sign that the Budget is making all the wrong… Read More »Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again - New Bill strips employment rights for family carers
The introduction of the Disability Support Services Bill is another instance of this Government seeking to undercut the Courts’ decisions and revoke access to justice for working people, says… Read More »New Bill strips employment rights for family carers
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PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi | Equal Pay Organiser | Wellington
The PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is the largest union in New Zealand, Aotearoa and is an innovative and dynamic organisation employing over 200 staff throughout New Zealand. We have more than 95,000 members working in central and local government, health and community services. The focus of the PSA is to advance the interests… Read…
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NZNO Toputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa | Membership Administrator 1.0 FTE (40 hours) | Wellington
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Toputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa is the union for nurses and health workers. NZNO represents more than 63,000 nurses, midwives, students, kaimahi hauora and healthcare workers in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We represent the interests of members on professional and employment related matters. NZNO is a progressive organisation which works to improve… Read…
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Workers First Union – Organiser | Auckland
VACANCY FOR UNION ORGANISERUnion Organiser – Auckland Salary: Between $87,465 and $101,670 per annum depending on experience. You will be also provided with a car, laptop and phone, along with generous the provisions of the staff collective agreement. The Union is seeking expressions of interest for the vacant position of Union Organiser forthe Auckland region,… Read…
Opinion
- Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand
The first of April is both April Fools’ Day and the start of the new financial year. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s also the time when the support we give… Read More »Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand - Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue
There will be those who read that headline and scratch their heads and wonder, what does resolving Pay Equity have to do with Disability Rights? Some will say that Disability… Read More »Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue - Workers First Union 3: Uber 1
A.C.T is an acronym. It stands for the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers. Why then are they doing Ubers bidding when they (Uber) are neither a consumer nor a taxpayer?… Read More »Workers First Union 3: Uber 1 - Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi
This Waitangi Day, a delegation of NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi leadership and Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa members travelled up North to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to… Read More »Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi - Back on Track? Not according to workers.
Aotearoa New Zealand is way off track according to workers who took part in the CTU’s Mood of the Workforce Survey. Off track because we see the super-rich getting even… Read More »Back on Track? Not according to workers. - NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey Speech to the Labour Conference 2025
Thank you for inviting me to join you today. I want to use this time to get to know each other. I want this time with you to be a… Read More »NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey Speech to the Labour Conference 2025
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