ELECTION 2026
Kaimahi Māori Election Hui
Te Rūnanga o Ngā Kaimahi Māori and the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi are hosting a series of hui where Māori workers will have an opportunity to meet Māori candidates across the Māori electorates.
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Union News
- 1 October 2026
A quieter Union News today, however check out Sandra Grey’s in-depth interview with Chris Lynch Media including details into our cost-of-living report released yesterday. Union coverage… Read More »1 October 2026 - 30 September 2026
Today’s Union News includes discussion on Labour’s pledge to restore pay equity to its previous settings, and job losses continue to pile up with Woolworths and… Read More »30 September 2026 - 24 September 2026
Today’s Union News includes more on our crumbling health system and extensive coverage of the firefighters’ petition handover. 1News had a great piece on the handover… Read More »24 September 2026
Latest Media Releases
- 440,000 Kiwis locked out of decent work – and it didn’t have to happen
A new report from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi shows how far the labour market has fallen over the last three years. Unemployment has… Read More »440,000 Kiwis locked out of decent work – and it didn’t have to happen - Greens’ pay equity commitment a win for care and support workers
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the Green Party’s commitment to restore pay equity and fund a settlement for around 65,000 care and support… Read More »Greens’ pay equity commitment a win for care and support workers - “What are we giving up?” – cost of living pushing working people out of an ordinary life
Working New Zealanders across every income bracket are skipping meals, putting off the dentist and draining their savings just to get by a new report from the New Zealand… Read More »“What are we giving up?” – cost of living pushing working people out of an ordinary life - PREFU shows jobs pain and service cuts locked in under Luxon
Treasury’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) forecasts show ongoing pain for working people and declining public services if the fiscal approach doesn’t change. The election provides an opportunity… Read More »PREFU shows jobs pain and service cuts locked in under Luxon - NZCTU welcomes Labour pledge to restore pay equity
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes Labour’s commitment to reverse the Government’s gutting of pay equity within its first 100 days in office, and… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Labour pledge to restore pay equity - “Don’t risk 6 years of Luxon” – NZCTU launches election campaign
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today launched its “Don’t risk 6 years of Luxon” election campaign. A campaign that uses the stories of… Read More »“Don’t risk 6 years of Luxon” – NZCTU launches election campaign
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Latest Union Jobs
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Industrial Advisor, Pay Equity | Pōneke Wellington | NZNO
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is the lead professional union for nurses. Our job and responsibility is to represent more than 60,000 nurses, midwives, students, kaimahi hauora, and health workers in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. We represent the interests of nurses on professional and employment related matters. NZNO embraces Te…
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TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi | Education Lead | Wellington
Starting mid-January 2027 Together we make workers’ lives better. Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is a strong, democratic union representing staff across Aotearoa’s tertiary education sector. We act together on our members’ professional, political and industrial goals, and we’re growing our presence across the sector so we have the power to improve…
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TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi | Database & Membership Officer | Wellington
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is the union for people who work in tertiary education across Aotearoa. We are a strong, democratic organisation that takes collective action to improve our members’ working lives and to influence the future of public tertiary education. About the role Our members are at the heart of…
Opinion
- Child poverty is made in the labour market
Two pairs of shoes. A winter coat. A bed you do not have to share on a cold night. For 170,000 New Zealand children, these are things that belong to… Read More »Child poverty is made in the labour market - From campaigns to courtrooms: Learnings from the International Trade Union School about building workers’ power
Some experiences are a lasting gift that stay with you forever – and this was one of them. I had the utmost privilege of representing the working people of Aotearoa… Read More »From campaigns to courtrooms: Learnings from the International Trade Union School about building workers’ power - Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand
The first of April is both April Fools’ Day and the start of the new financial year. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s also the time when the support we give… Read More »Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand - Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue
There will be those who read that headline and scratch their heads and wonder, what does resolving Pay Equity have to do with Disability Rights? Some will say that Disability… Read More »Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue - Workers First Union 3: Uber 1
A.C.T is an acronym. It stands for the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers. Why then are they doing Ubers bidding when they (Uber) are neither a consumer nor a taxpayer?… Read More »Workers First Union 3: Uber 1 - Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi
This Waitangi Day, a delegation of NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi leadership and Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa members travelled up North to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to… Read More »Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi
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