Women

Submission for the NGO Shadow Report on CEDAW, Module 2

29 Jun 2011 - 17:08

While the CTU is concerned about all of the issues affecting women, this response to the Shadow Report focuses primarily on employment. The CTU response has a very strong focus on pay and employment equity because of the centrality of pay and employment equity to almost all employment issues affecting the women our unions represent.

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Bold Policies to Close the Gender Pay Gap Welcomed

19 Sep 2011 - 12:04

“The announcement today that the Labour Party will introduce pay equity legislation is welcome news”, CTU President Helen Kelly said today.

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Petition invites Labour inspectors to audit the pay gap

18 Aug 2011 - 11:31

Following statements from the Minister of Labour that Labour Inspectors have the power to investigate issues of equal pay in the workplace, the CTU and Green Party have today launched a campaign to encourage workers to invite the inspectors in to their workplaces to check the time and wage records of their employers for any discrimination.

CTU President, Helen Kelly said "Catherine Dela

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CTU backs early childhood Day of Action

1 Feb 2011 - 11:27

CTU President Helen Kelly offered backing to today’s day of action calling on the Government to reverse the cuts to early childhood funding and commit to more investment in early childhood education.

Helen Kelly said: “The cuts to ECE funding will impact on the opportunity for young children to participate in education services and the ability of many parents, especially women, to take

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No focus on jobs from Welfare Working Group

24 Nov 2010 - 14:05

The options in the Welfare Working Group paper released today have far too much emphasis on blaming individuals for being on benefits and far too little on job creation and what is needed to keep people in employment, said the CTU.

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Improvement in employment figures but not fast enough

4 Nov 2010 - 11:25

Today’s Statistics NZ figures showing unemployment at 6.4 percent is a welcome step in the right direction but the improvement is neither fast enough nor substantial enough, said the CTU.

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Suffrage Day: Kate Sheppard would not be impressed 17.9.10

17 Sep 2010 - 17:37

The Government is pushing through changes to employment law that will set back women’s equality in the workforce, says the Women’s Council of the CTU.

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Early childhood education cuts short sighted 3.5.10

3 May 2010 - 14:50

Spending money on Early Childhood Education is a “no-brainer” and government cuts are bad for children and workers, CTU president Helen Kelly said today.

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Pay equity – full picture of underpaid women revealed 14.12.09

14 Dec 2009 - 16:27

The Government has finally released details of its pay and employment equity investigations which confirm that women in the public sector are significantly underpaid and discriminated against, revealed the CTU today.

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Women working for free until the end of the year

18 Nov 2009 - 13:46

Media release on behalf of the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition
18 November 2009

Today marks the day when New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year, says the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition.

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