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Union News
- 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 - 21 September 2026
Today’s Union News continues to highlight the shortcomings in our health system, this time in Whanganui and Waitākere. Sandra Grey is also interviewed in an RNZ… Read More »21 September 2026 - 18 September 2026
Today’s Union News is dominated by the fallout from the FENZ report, with the NZPFU and their National Secretary, Wattie Watson, frequently quoted in the media.… Read More »18 September 2026
Latest Media Releases
- 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 - Labour backs long-standing union call to hold criminally negligent bosses liable
In a major victory for working people and the Pike River Families who have long campaigned for this, Labour have committed to passing a corporate homicide law should it… Read More »Labour backs long-standing union call to hold criminally negligent bosses liable - June GDP figures show there is a long way to go before working people benefit from growth again
“The economy grew 0.2 percent in the June quarter, but there is a long way to go before we have dug ourselves out of the hole we have sunk… Read More »June GDP figures show there is a long way to go before working people benefit from growth again - $14.37 an hour: ACT’s pay cut for young workers
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on all political parties to reject ACT’s plan to slash pay for workers under 20 and a… Read More »$14.37 an hour: ACT’s pay cut for young workers
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Latest Union Jobs
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TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi | Te Pou Tuarā | Wellington
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is the union for people working across tertiary education in Aotearoa. Our purpose is simple: together we make workers’ lives better. We are a strong, democratic organisation that takes collective action on our members’ professional, political and industrial aspirations, and we are committed to Te Tiriti o…
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Te Hautū Kahurangi | TEU – Industrial and Member Support Officer – Wellington
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union (TEU) is the union for people who work in tertiary education across Aotearoa. We’re a strong, democratic, member-led organisation, and we’re looking for someone to look after the work our democracy depends on. About the role Keep TEU’s democracy running: elections, ballots, collective agreement records and industrial data…
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TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi | Union Organiser 0.6 | Otago & Southland
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has a vacancy for a 0.6 part time organiser based in Dunedin (Covering Otago and Southland). This is a busy and important role at the heart of our union so we are looking for someone who can think on their feet, gather and analyse information, demonstrate good judgement, show empathy…
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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