Fairness at Work

This year’s election is an important one for you and all Kiwi workers. It will decide what sort of change New Zealand workers can expect over the next few years.

Unions campaign and win on the issues that matter to working people. And at this election, the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is again running a strong election campaign to inform you what’s at stake for workers in 08. The CTU's political strategy was launched in October 2007.

The CTU’s election campaign will focus on three key themes: work rights, stronger public services and higher wages. The CTU wants to know where all political parties stand on all three. More importantly, we want to know what they plan to do about them in the future.

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Whats New?
For the latest news from the campaign throughout 2008, check in with the CTU's weekly newsletter The Unionist. Click on 'The Unionist' logo, where you can also subscribe to get the newsletter every Friday over email. See the panel at the right for the latest updates (rss: ), and also check out the CTU politics wire below it (rss: ).

Hot Topics

WORK RIGHTS: Ain’t no sunshine for workers in National’s employment policy - July 24 2008
“Cuts in workers’ rights and entitlements and privatisation are all this party has to offer to date.  The threats to workers rights hinted at in today’s release just add to their policy to privatise ACC, allow 90 days of unfairness at work, remove free early childhood education and threaten KiwiSaver contributions.”
See also: Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union -- Bank workers’ union Finsec --  Public Service Assocation --  National Distribution Union -- NZ Educational Institute (word doc)

POLICIES: What are the parties saying? Not a lot of policy is out yet - but visit these pages on the PSA Election site, the EPMU Work Rights site and this page from the primary teachers' union NZEI for some policy out already.

ACC: Your rights to health and safety at work - Election 2008 page on ACC

WORK RIGHTS: Work rights getting better for casuals -- Whats at stake

CAMPAIGN LAUNCH:info-sheets, speeches and links to media stories from the campaign launch in October last year - click here.