Pay Equity

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Women in the Red - Red Bag Day 2010 18.2.10
    18 Feb 2010 - 11:51

    The Pay Equity Coalition is supporting international Red Bag Day on Thursday 18th February.

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  • Red Bag Day
    18 Feb 2010 - 00:00

    Red Bag Day (Feburary 18th), established in 1988, draws national and international attention to the wage disparity between women and men and women of colour. The red bag theme symbolizes how far women are “in the red” with their pay.

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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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