Minimum Wage

CTU Minimum Wage Submission 2011

16 Oct 2011 - 09:41

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Food Price Rises Have Outstripped Wage Increases

13 Sep 2011 - 12:10

The annual increase in food prices of 6.6 percent in the August 2011 year has outstripped wage increases of just 1.9 percent as shown in the Labour Cost Index”, says CTU Secretary Peter Conway.

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Government must accept sleepover decision now

18 Feb 2011 - 12:27

18 February 2011

The Government’s claims about the flow-on impact of the Court of Appeal decision on sleepover shifts worked by disability support workers were tested in court and were found to be wrong, said the CTU today.

CTU President Helen Kelly said: “It is time the Government faced up to the fact that disability support workers have been grossly underpaid for years.

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Wages – new approach needed

2 Nov 2010 - 11:51

Wage growth is stalling, raising further concerns over the Government’s strategy for closing the earnings gap with Australia, said the CTU today.

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Government to cut minimum wages? 6.10.10

6 Oct 2010 - 11:41

The refusal today by [Health] Minister Tony Ryall to rule out amending the Minimum Wage Act is a very worrying signal that minimum wages could be cut in this country, CTU President Helen Kelly said.

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Child labour not just a third world problem 11.6.10

11 Jun 2010 - 17:12

The New Zealand youth union movement Stand Up believes more needs to be done to address issues around child labour in New Zealand and around the world. This Saturday June 12 marks the ILO's World Day Against Child Labour.

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Aussies steal another march on Kiwis 11.6.10

11 Jun 2010 - 09:57

The Fair Work Australia’s specialist Minimum Wages Panel last week lifted their minimum wage to $15 an hour from 1 July. About 1.4 million Australian workers are affected by the decision, including about 100,000 who earn the National Minimum Wage.

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CTU welcomes decision on youth rates 18.3.10

18 Mar 2010 - 09:18

The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed the Government’s decision not to support Roger Douglas’s youth minimum wage Bill. “We are pleased that the Government agrees that paying young people less for doing the same work as an older person is fundamentally unfair and will do nothing to alleviate unemployment,” said CTU President Helen Kelly.

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CTU urges Government to shun youth rates bill 24.2.10

24 Feb 2010 - 17:52

The Government should not support Roger Douglas’s youth minimum wage rates Bill because it is discriminatory and will do nothing to ease unemployment, said CTU President Helen Kelly after the Minimum Wage (Mitigation of Youth Unemployment) Amendment Bill was drawn from the Members’ bills ballot yesterday.

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Youth union movement opposes Douglas’s attack on young workers 12.2.10

12 Feb 2010 - 16:17

The New Zealand youth union movement, Stand Up, is calling on the Government to steer clear of Roger Douglas’s Private Members’ Bill which directly attacks young workers by reinstating youth rates.

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