Why Cut Our Pay
The National Government want to make more changes to employment law. The changes will result in lower wages. The Government thinks that is a good thing. But low wages are already pushing thousands and thousands of Kiwis to leave for Australia.
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The Pay Equity Challenge
The CTU is committed to action on pay and employment equity on all fronts: political, industrial and campaigning. Unions are not alone in calling for pay and employment equity and the CTU and CTU unions are part of the Pay and Employment Equity Coalition.
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Under Pressure
At least 30% of New Zealand’s workers – over 635,000 people – are in insecure work. We believe it may well cover 50% of the workforce. 95,000 workers have no usual work time, 61,000 workers have no written employment agreement, 573,000 workers earn less than the Living Wage and almost a quarter of a million Kiwi workers say they have experienced discrimination, harassment or bullying at work. 
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Living Wage
As the gap between the rich and the poor grows in New Zealand and poverty increases, more and more New Zealanders don't get paid enough to meet their needs, enjoy their lives and participate in society.
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  • Government wrong to withdraw charges against Whittal


    The decision by MBIE to withdraw charges against Peter Whittal today is wrong on many levels, says CTU President Helen Kelly.

    17 hours 47 min ago
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  • Select Committee Didn’t Listen re Employment Law Changes

    Despite over 12,000 submissions making it clear the Governments proposed Employment Law changes are unfair and will drive wages down, the Select Committee report released today shows it has failed to listen to the working people of this country.

    1 day 18 hours ago
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  • International Labour Organisation visit next week an opportunity for Minister to seek advice

    The visit to New Zealand early next week of new Regional Director Asia/Pacific for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto is an opportunity for Minister of Labour, Simon Bridges, to seek advice on the compliance of his proposed changes to Employment Law with the ILO Conventions, CTU President Helen Kelly said.

    6 days 17 hours ago
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  • Economic Bulletin 152: Climate Justice

    November 2013

    The time and the science are well past debating whether human-driven climate change is occurring. In the absence of effective action, the outcomes described by the latest expert projections are frightening.

    1 week 2 days ago
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  • Call for Government to regulate forestry employment conditions

    With news of the eighth forestry worker killed at work this year alone, CTU President Helen Kelly is calling on Minister of Labour, Simon Bridges, for immediate interim regulation of the forestry industry’s employment practices to put a stop to the carnage.

    2 weeks 1 day ago
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