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- Wednesday 27 May
The Budget tomorrow is today’s main focus. Join us for our Facebook Live event tomorrow at 5:30pm from the National Library following our co-design event Te… Read More »Wednesday 27 May - Friday 22 May 2026
Today’s Union News continues with more coverage on the Government’s pre-Budget announcements around the public sector and social housing. Finance Minister’s announcement on public sector cuts… Read More »Friday 22 May 2026 - Thursday 21 May
Today’s Union News continues with extensive coverage about Tuesday’s announcement from the finance minister over heavy job cuts in the public sector, including an opinion piece… Read More »Thursday 21 May
Latest Press Releases
- New Zealand workers’ right to strike backed by world’s top court
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes yesterday’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirming that the right to strike is protected… Read More »New Zealand workers’ right to strike backed by world’s top court - Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again
The Government’s announcement that it will increase housing costs for some of the poorest families in the country is a sign that the Budget is making all the wrong… Read More »Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again - New Bill strips employment rights for family carers
The introduction of the Disability Support Services Bill is another instance of this Government seeking to undercut the Courts’ decisions and revoke access to justice for working people, says… Read More »New Bill strips employment rights for family carers - Government blindly cuts to save skin – Willis’s plan clearly hasn’t worked
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey has today blasted Nicola Willis’s pre-Budget announcement on public sector job cuts. “After years of failing to… Read More »Government blindly cuts to save skin – Willis’s plan clearly hasn’t worked - Fare hike piles more pressure on working Wellingtonians already facing fuel crisis
Working people in the greater Wellington region face yet another cost increase from Friday, when Metlink fares rise 3.1 percent and the Snapper off-peak discount drops from 30 to… Read More »Fare hike piles more pressure on working Wellingtonians already facing fuel crisis - Government removal of fees-free a sign of their values
The removal of fees free from university students is a kick in the teeth for young people already being hammered by this government says Sandra Grey, President of the… Read More »Government removal of fees-free a sign of their values
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Latest Union Jobs
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E tū | ICT Software Developer | Auckland
Posted: 26/05/2026 Closing Date: 2/06/2026 Salary: $85,663.00 – $94,931.00 Job Type: Full Time Location: North Island – Auckland Job Category: Information Technology E tū is Aotearoa’s largest private sector union, representing tens of thousands of workers across six industries. Together, we stand strong to ensure fair pay, decent working conditions, and a better future for… Read…
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PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi | Union Organiser | Dunedin
The PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is the largest union in New Zealand, Aotearoa and is an innovative and dynamic organisation employing 200 staff throughout New Zealand. We have over 95,000 members working in central and local government, health and community services. As the largest union in New Zealand Aotearoa, we can provide opportunities… Read…
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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