There has been little progress in closing the gender pay gap despite record low unemployment, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said today following the release of labour market data by Statistics NZ. The overall gender pay gap has stubbornly persisted across the past decade. Last year the CTU calculated women started working effectively… Read more »

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and E tū are delighted with today’s Employment Court win. Manufacturing company Carter Holt Harvey was taken to court after forcing their workers to use annual leave during the April 2020 lockdown. In a ruling released today, the Employment Court found CHH was not entitled to require employees… Read more »

Revelations that RSE workers in Blenheim are being exploited by having to live in cold, damp homes and being threatened against joining unions, must prompt urgent action from the Government, the Council of Trade Unions demanded today. “We are simply appalled at reports that Pacific workers have been forced to live in crowded, unhealthy homes… Read more »

Despite working a record number of hours people are still not seeing real terms wage rises, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Unemployment was 3.3%, and there were 2.8m people in work according to the latest unemployment data from Statistics New Zealand. “The labour market continues to be experienced differently by different communities.… Read more »