Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff has called on union members around the country to donate to the lock out fund for FIRST members… Read More »Council of Trade Unions calls for solidarity for locked out Waikato bus drivers
The Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff today welcomed the long-awaited release of the Pike River re-entry plan as a victory for the Pike… Read More »Eight long years later, working people killed in Pike River will not be forgotten
Council of Trade Unions Vice President Rachel Mackintosh says New Zealand’s gender pay imbalance can and must be fixed. “Employers discriminate against women from the… Read More »Women in New Zealand effectively working for free for the rest of the year
Today’s wage figures show that Governments can and do make a real difference to the wages of working people, and that the effort needs to… Read More »CTU comment on employment statistics
In August, the Centre for Labour, Employment and Work (CLEW) at Victoria University released their annual analysis of collective employment agreements (CEAs). It shows again… Read More »The union pay premium, 2018
The Council of Trade Unions today welcomed the Government announcement that Kiwirail would retain 15 electric engines on the Northern Trunk Line between Hamilton and… Read More »Government move on electric trains puts Just Transition on the right track
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff was pleased to have announced today a working model for moving forward with better employment laws for those… Read More »Film Industry Working Group produces tripartite recommended model
The Council of Trade Unions today welcomed the passing of the first reading of the Equal Pay Amendment Bill in parliament as a critical historic… Read More »Genuine move to enshrine pay equity in law with Equal Pay Bill
Council of Trade Unions Co-convenor of Te Rūnanga o Ngā Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa, Laures Park said that today was the day that Māori women… Read More »Māori women effectively working for free for the rest of the year
The Council of Trade Unions is holding today in Wellington the first ever Roundtable for government, businesses, Māori representatives, trade unions and environmentalists on a… Read More »First ever New Zealand Roundtable on a Just Transition to a sustainable economy
Unions said that the PPTA member vote today to reject their pay offer gives the Government an opportunity repair a decade of neglect in public… Read More »Post-primary teachers vote confirms swift correction needed for classrooms
How well does New Zealand’s tax system perform in reducing inequality? What would be the effect of some likely changes to it discussed in the… Read More »New Zealand’s tax system: weak at reducing inequality