Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said that he was disappointed in the National Party’s knee-jerk response to the Government’s announcement of the Fair… Read More »National Party letting down Kiwi businesses and families with knee-jerk FPA response
Decent jobs for Kiwis who have been trapped in low-wage industries are set to return with Fair Pay Agreements, says Council of Trade Unions President… Read More »Fair Pay Agreements put New Zealand back on track to decent jobs
In memoriam: This is the 200th CTU Economic Bulletin. It was founded by my predecessor, Peter Conway, CTU economist and then CTU Secretary, who wrote… Read More »The Budget: bleeding stopped, patient’s condition still serious
The Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said today that he was looking forward to working with business and Government on a review of… Read More »Holidays Act changes to be worked through between unions, business and Government
The Council of Trade Unions said that new research released this morning by public policy researchers at Motu shows parenthood is undervalued by employers as… Read More »Payroll needs to recognise that parenting is skilled work too
Reflecting on the Coalition Government’s first Budget yesterday, Dr Bill Rosenberg posed the question why the Government won’t increase spending to 30 percent of GDP,… Read More »Bill Rosenberg and Ganesh Nana deliver independent Budget analysis
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff says the Government’s first budget shows it backs the right priorities, and could achieve even more by raising… Read More »First Government Budget hits all the right notes, more needed long term
New figures released today by Council of Trade Unions Economist Dr Bill Rosenberg and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Director of Policy Lyndon Keene… Read More »Government facing over two and a half billion health funding gap
The Council of Trade Unions says the National Party pulling support for a sensible and important bill to support survivors of domestic violence in their… Read More »National Party lets women down
Kiwis want more taxes and stronger public services. That’s the clear message from independent market research commissioned by the Council of Trade Unions. The research was… Read More »Kiwis’ desire for tax offers hope for underfunded public services
“It’s good to see more jobs,” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “But the growth in wages is just happening too slowly.” “Working people need to… Read More »More jobs, but they still need to be better paid
The new Government’s first Budget will be announced on 17 May. What pressures is it facing? It will be in a pincer between the spending… Read More »The coming Budget: between a rock and a hard place