The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today’s significant package as a first stage to support New Zealand working people and our economy as a result of COVID-19. “This package provides an immediate boost to get through these challenging times,” CTU President Richard Wagstaff said.
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The Council of Trade Unions is monitoring the emerging situation with COVID-19 and the impact on working people. “We are working closely with working people, their unions, the Government, Ministry officials and business groups to try and ensure that the COVID-19 virus is contained and that people are supported appropriately,” CTU Policy Director and Economist Andrea Black said.
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This month I was going to write about all the clawbacks and abatements of tax credits, accommodation supplement and the like. As they, like soaring rents, can seriously undermine the impact any pay increases people receive.
Read More »Maximum Sustainable EmploymentThe Council of Trade Unions is pleased that the Government is continuing to shine light on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and specifically… Read More »Increase wages to address child poverty
Positive news for working people today with the release of the employment and income statistics which show that more Kiwis are in work and notably… Read More »Government stats show improvement on gender pay imbalance
Hello everyone. Andrea Black here – the new Policy Director and Economist for the CTU.
Continuing the multidisciplinary approach started with Bill Rosenberg and his origins in mathematical psychology, I am coming to you following a career in policy, accounting and tax – including tax enforcement.
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The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today’s announcement of the very significant $12 billion infrastructure investment in the future of New Zealand. CTU President… Read More »CTU welcomes significant investment in infrastructure
The Council of Trade Unions Together 2020 work survey results released today show more people are reporting that their income kept up with their cost… Read More »Incomes better but still a long way to go – CTU 2020 work survey results
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) have released a discussion document entitled ‘ Better protections for contractors’. “Working people are pleased that the Government is taking active steps to address how independent contractors are protected,” said CTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges.
Read More »Protections for all contractors neededOfficial figures from StatsNZ released today show that our economy is working better for New Zealanders with further strong growth of 0.7 percent in the… Read More »Economy serving working Kiwis better
The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today’s announcement of WorkSafe’s new Chief Executive Phil Parkes “The CTU has had a positive and constructive working… Read More »New WorkSafe Chief Executive announced
Working people are welcoming today’s Government announcement confirming that it will increase the minimum wage to $18.90 per hour from 1 April 2020. “The minimum… Read More »Working people welcoming minimum wage increase