“Over the last year, households with lowest incomes were hit hardest by price increases,” says CTU Economist Bill Rosenberg, commenting on the Household Living-costs Price… Read More »Lowest incomes hardest hit by price increases
“Every kiwi who wants a job should have access to a job; that’s a basic need of life in modern New Zealand. It should be… Read More »National Government needs a vision for job creation
Looking ahead for the year is always educated guesswork, but this year it is more guesswork than educated. That’s because of some very big unknowns:… Read More »The year ahead – more guesswork than usual
“The rise in the Consumer Price Index for the three months to December is about what was expected at 0.4 percent but it is more… Read More »Costs for Kiwis are increasing
Working people welcome today’s Government announcement to increase the minimum wage. However, the minimum wage needs to be significantly increased – not just by 50… Read More »Minimum wage needs to be two-thirds of the average wage
Figures out today show that what New Zealanders produced, measured by our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), increased by 1.1 percent in the three months to… Read More »Government needs to do more to ensure economy raises living standards for all
KiwiRail must be resourced by the Government to provide a service which all Kiwis can take pride in; a service which is environmentally sustainable. Today’s… Read More »KiwiRail’s switch to dirty diesel reveals Government’s real agenda on climate change
A new health and safety course, offered online through a collaboration between WorksafeReps and Open Polytechnic, will help workplace health and safety representatives gain the… Read More »New online course to help make New Zealand workplaces safer
Great news today from the Wellington City Council; they are making progress towards paying the Living Wage to City Gallery security staff, by ensuring better… Read More »Wellington City Council does the fair thing
“The current Government’s priorities for next year’s Budget say nothing about improving public services, yet deteriorating public services hurt working people as much as a… Read More »Hardworking Kiwis need better public services, not more neglect
Today, Green MP Jan Logie has had a proposed law drawn from the ballot which, if supported by other political parties, will make a real… Read More »Working people support better laws around domestic violence
We most often think about inequality in terms of income or wealth, but what if some people also experience the cost of living differently? What… Read More »Prices are an inequality issue