ELECTION 2026
As the election approaches, working people want to know where parties stand on the issues that matter to them. The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi reached out to parties across the political spectrum and asked them 12 questions that workers told us were their priority this election year.
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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Unions fight for workers rights. We fight for pay equity, minimum wage, safe working conditions, paid holidays, equal pay for work of equal value.
Union News
- 16 October 2026
Nurses dominate the union coverage in today’s Union News. The Chrises’ battle over the minimum wage also continues alongside a story on contractor vs employee status.… Read More »16 October 2026 - 15 October 2026
Today’s Union News is a little quiet on union coverage, however we’ve seen some interesting news in the election campaign with the Greens vowing to reverse… Read More »15 October 2026 - 14 October 2026
Today’s Union News covers Erica Stanford’s attack on NZEI Te Riu Roa President Ripeka Lessels, more job cuts at Stuff, and strike action by Woolworths store… Read More »14 October 2026
Latest Media Releases
- Bread, milk, power, and petrol keep climbing under Luxon’s Government
The cost of everyday essentials is still rising unsustainably, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi. Kiwis’ wallets are being emptied by the weekly grocery… Read More »Bread, milk, power, and petrol keep climbing under Luxon’s Government - Only one in ten getting ahead under Luxon’s Government
Just one in ten Kiwis say their household is getting ahead since the 2023 election, according to research commissioned by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae… Read More »Only one in ten getting ahead under Luxon’s Government - Greens’ youth jobs guarantee is the action young workers need
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the Green Party’s Youth Jobs Guarantee, which would give every 16- to 24-year-old who has been out of… Read More »Greens’ youth jobs guarantee is the action young workers need - National’s small business plan: 47 band-aids and an attack on workers’ rights
National’s 47-point small business plan is mostly minor tweaks, re-announcements and overdue housekeeping – but tucked inside it is an attack on working people’s right to bargain collectively, says… Read More »National’s small business plan: 47 band-aids and an attack on workers’ rights - One mortgage doesn’t end a cost-of-living crisis
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi says the Prime Minister’s story in last night’s leaders’ debate, about meeting a woman saving $7,000 a year on… Read More »One mortgage doesn’t end a cost-of-living crisis - Labour’s pay rise for care workers a welcome step towards pay equity
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is cautiously optimistic about Labour’s commitment to restore pay equity within its first 100 days and give 65,000 care… Read More »Labour’s pay rise for care workers a welcome step towards pay equity
Workplace Injury Advocacy Service
Have you suffered a workplace injury or an injury that affects your ability to work?
Do you need help to access your ACC entitlements?
One of our phone-based advocates will work with you to:
- Find the best way to resolve your problem in accessing your entitlements
- Help to prepare you for meetings with ACC or an Accredited Employer
- Identify other resources and help that may be available to you.
Latest Union Jobs
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NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa | Director of Campaigns | Wellington or Auckland
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is the lead professional union for nurses. NZNO represents more than 60,000 nurses, midwives, students, kaimahi hauora, and health workers in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. We represent the interests of nurses on professional, political and employment related matters. We are affiliated to the International Council…
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AMEA | National Industrial Organiser | Auckland
The Aviation and Marine Engineers Association (AMEA) is seeking a National Industrial Organiser to join its Auckland based team. The AMEA is a mid-sized union representing members throughout New Zealand primarily in the aviation, maritime and primary sectors. We are seeking a motivated self-starter, who can work independently and be part of a small close-knit…
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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…
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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