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- 7 July 2026
Today’s Union News includes a new series called State of the Nation by 1News, interviewing different Kiwis across different demographics about their situation and a number… Read More »7 July 2026 - 6 July 2026
Today’s Union News includes the NZ Herald podcast interview with Port of Auckland GM People and Legal, Philip Doak. Doak describes a deliberate shift away from… Read More »6 July 2026 - 3 July 2026
Today’s Union News continues coverage of the tragedy at Waikato Hospital and local media is covering Germany’s introduction of a doctor’s note required for even just… Read More »3 July 2026
Latest Press Releases
- Fight for worker health and safety not over says NZCTU
Workers are disappointed by the passing of the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill, but an opportunity has arisen to minimise its damage, says Melissa Ansell-Bridges, Secretary of… Read More »Fight for worker health and safety not over says NZCTU - NZCTU welcomes Labour’s plan to restore and expand Apprenticeship Boost
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is welcoming Labour’s announcement today that it will restore and expand the Apprenticeship Boost scheme if elected in November.… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Labour’s plan to restore and expand Apprenticeship Boost - NZCTU welcomes Greens’ tax plan as a step toward fairness for working people
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) supports the direction of the Green Party’s taxation policy, which would increase taxation on capital and wealth while… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Greens’ tax plan as a step toward fairness for working people - Government’s parental leave decision steals from new families
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU) President Sandra Grey says the Government has chosen to once again pass on the costs of its failed economic… Read More »Government’s parental leave decision steals from new families - GDP growth anaemic and masks economy still in “huge trouble”, says NZCTU
GDP data released by StatsNZ today showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 0.8 percent. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra… Read More »GDP growth anaemic and masks economy still in “huge trouble”, says NZCTU - New Zealand woefully out of step with new global standard for digital platform workers
A new Convention on decent work in the platform economy has been adopted at the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva — the first binding global labour standard for… Read More »New Zealand woefully out of step with new global standard for digital platform workers
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Latest Union Jobs
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NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi | Programme Manager | Wellington
The CTU is the peak body of New Zealand’s trade union movement, representing working people by highlighting key issues, supporting campaigning, and advancing worker-friendly policy. We recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi as Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document. 1. Position Details Job title Programme Manager Team Leadership Team Reports to National Secretary Direct reports Policy Team,…
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NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi | Gender Justice Campaign Coordinator fixed term | Wellington
The CTU is the peak body of New Zealand’s trade union movement, representing working people by highlighting key issues, supporting campaigning, and advancing worker-friendly policy. We recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi as Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document. A donation to the NZCTU Gender Justice Project Fund has been made by the Clare Foundation. To fund…
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NZEI Te Riu Roa | Strategic Research and Investigation Adviser Kairangahau | Wellington Te Whanganui-a-tara or Auckland Tamaki Makaurau
Permanent, 1.0 FTE Grade L from $113,742 Purpose-driven work | Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5% Health Insurance reimbursement scheme | 26 days annual leave Opportunity to lead real change for working people About the role: We are looking for an experienced researcher who can investigate education policy, legislation, funding, workforce issues as well as scan…
Opinion
- 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 - Back on Track? Not according to workers.
Aotearoa New Zealand is way off track according to workers who took part in the CTU’s Mood of the Workforce Survey. Off track because we see the super-rich getting even… Read More »Back on Track? Not according to workers. - NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey Speech to the Labour Conference 2025
Thank you for inviting me to join you today. I want to use this time to get to know each other. I want this time with you to be a… Read More »NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey Speech to the Labour Conference 2025
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