Today’s Welfare Expert Advisory Group report Whakamana Tāngata provides clear recognition that our welfare system was broken and needed overhauling, the Council of Trade Unions… Read More »Welfare report offers hope – CTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is calling on the Fijian Government to urgently release the Trade Union officials currently being detained. “We have… Read More »Union leaders arrested by Fijian authorities
The Prime Minister has announced that the Government will not tax the income from capital gains while she is Prime Minister. It has therefore lost… Read More »Finding enough revenue and the ‘Wellbeing Budget’
The Council of Trade Unions is concerned by some of the findings in a ‘State of the Public Tertiary Education Sector Survey’ released today by… Read More »CTU concerned by research findings in tertiary sector
May 1 is International Workers Day and on May 6 a number of significant employment law changes will come into effect making life better for… Read More »International Workers Day, May Day; outlook improving for working Kiwis
“Today’s announcement of an agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between government, unions, and employers is a hugely positive step in getting the buses moving… Read More »Bus drivers to get breaks thanks to MOU
All around the globe events will be occurring to mark Workers Memorial Day to remember those who were killed at work. “In the last year… Read More »Workers Memorial Day – April 28
Today’s announcement that the Government will not be supporting a Capital Gains tax is “hugely disappointing” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “Working people need a… Read More »Government misses opportunity for a fairer NZ
“Working Kiwis need to know that this Labour led Government is built on foundations of fairness,” CTU President Richard Wagstaff said. “Supporting a fairer tax… Read More »CTU urges government to support Capital Gains Tax
The Council of Trade Unions has provided a written submission to the parliamentary Select Committee in support of the proposed improvements to gun laws. “As… Read More »NZ Union Movement Supports Improvements to Gun Laws
The CTU welcomes the updated Living Wage rate of $21.15 per hour. The independently assessed rate is defined as being: ‘the income necessary to provide… Read More »New Official Living Wage Rate Announced
The Council of Trade Unions welcomes new support for survivors of domestic violence. From 1 April, the Victims Protection Act will allow for workplaces to… Read More »Law changes for domestic violence surviors