The Government’s Budget for 2016 is on 26 May. What’s likely to be in it, and what should be? The ‘Operating Allowance’ for new operational spending will again be just $1 billion. Usually $300-400 million is allowed for Health, though more is clearly necessary. The Government will want to make some big announcements about the… Read more »
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99 Kiwis killed at work
This Workers Memorial Day, April 28th, we remember the 99* New Zealanders who went to work and never came home, the 99 New Zealanders who were killed at work.
“Workers Memorial Day is a sombre day. We remember those whose lives would have been saved if their workplaces had been safer. All of these deaths could have been prevented,” CTU President Richard Wagstaff said.
Read more...Training for workplace health and safety representatives
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions knows that high quality, worker-centric health and safety representative training programmes are a key to safer work under the new Health and Safety at Work Act. The new Act comes into force today and heralds some significant improvements in the health and safety space – including new powers for Health and Safety Reps (HSRs).
Read more...Are Small Businesses Less Safe?
On 4 April, the workplace health and safety legislation comes into force. It contains many significant steps for the better. But we were very disappointed that the right of working people to participate in protecting and improving their own health and safety was weakened in many ways. One way was to allow employers with fewer… Read more »
Read more...New health and safety law from Monday
The Health and Safety at Work Act comes into force on Monday 4 April. The new law will mean that more Kiwis will come home safely from work.
Read more...Another forestry worker killed at work
Another forestry worker has been killed at work today. The Council of Trade Unions sends our deepest sympathies to the whanau and colleagues of the man who was working on a Pan Pac forestry block inland from Tutira, north of Napier.
Read more...CTU welcomes Labour Party leadership on the future of work
The CTU congratulates the Labour Party for their foresight and focused attention in examining the Future of Work.
Read more...International Women’s Day a day to celebrate Kristine Bartlett
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Some voices will be heard on TPPA… others not
In February CTU Secretary Sam Huggard wrote to the Parliamentary Committee about the very brief timeline to hear from the public about the TPPA.
Read more...The International Economy: Risks and Opportunities
International agencies and many commentators including the Minister of Finance in his “state of the economy” speech last week, have been writing about the growing dangers in the international economy. This commentary looks at those dangers, the potential effect on New Zealand, and what policies are needed to put us in a good condition to… Read more »
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