UPDATED: June 2025 Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters. 3 June 2025 The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) notes… Read More »NZCTU Resolution on the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Quarterly accounts released by Te Whatu Ora raise serious questions about the financial challenges the Government’s claims are facing the health sector, said NZCTU Economist… Read More »Te Whatu Ora report raises important questions for Ministers
A State of Emergency has been declared in Dunedin after Otago was lashed by heavy rain yesterday. Houses have been flooded in low-lying parts of… Read More »Friday 4 October 2024
The PPTA has changed its constitution to allow teachers at charter schools to join their union, which David Seymour is claiming as a victory for… Read More »Thursday 3 October 2024
The Pacific Media Network have covered the CTU’s analysis of the gender pay gap, with Rachel Mackintosh being interviewed on the impacts for Pasifika women.… Read More »Wednesday 2 October 2024
The Commerce Commission has announced they are blocking Foodstuff’s North and South Island merger, on the basis that it would substantially lessen competition and make… Read More »Tuesday 1 October 2024
35,000 people march against the Government’s “downgrades” to Dunedin Hospital. NZEI and PPTA are continuing their campaign against charter schools, after the legislation passed its… Read More »Monday 30 September 2024
Next month will mark 52 years since the Equal Pay Act was passed in Aotearoa New Zealand. For over a hundred years, unions have continued… Read More »Equal Pay, Equal Rights: Fighting for Pay Equity in Aotearoa
Evidence released by the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi today shows that the gender pay gap is not closing quickly enough. “Calculations of official data show… Read More »Gender Pay Gap Not Closing
“Today’s announcement of a possible trade deal with the United Arab Emirates is not a cause for celebration”, says NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard… Read More »Trade Deal is no deal for Workers
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis met with PSA members, with job cuts in the public service and attacks on working from home arrangements sitting high… Read More »Thursday 26 September 2024
Although Health and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden, claims to consult with a wide range of people, unions have been shut out from the Health… Read More »Wednesday 25 September 2024