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 National’s planned cuts to the public service and Luxon walking back his commitment to raise the minimum wage by the rate of inflation.
Union coverage
- NZCTU – Only one in ten getting ahead under Luxon’s Government | The Daily Blog
- NZEI – Erica Stanford slams union boss after damning Teaching Council review of Timothy Fisher case | NZ Herald
- PSA – New ministry MCERT proposes cutting 400 jobs in restructure | RNZ
Employment
- Greens vow to reverse National’s $2.4b public service cuts at cost of $3.17b | RNZ
- Christopher Luxon walks back commitment to raise minimum wage by rate of inflation | The Post (paywalled)
- Wage growth remains stuck in neutral in September but hiring showing signs of life | The Post (paywalled)
- Health NZ suggests nursing schools look elsewhere for placements | RNZ
- Auckland’s Starship suspends some cancer treatments due to nurse shortage | RNZ
- Job seeker numbers growing faster than number of jobs advertised – Seek | RNZ
- Half of infrastructure firms lose staff overseas in past year, survey finds | RNZ
- Corrections admits failures over sexual harassment claims | RNZ
- If AI takes our jobs, who pays the bills? – Greens | The Daily Blog