A new visa category designed to assist with the flooding and cyclone clean up must have protections, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. This… Read More »Robust protections needed for Recovery Visa workers
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions stands with the 19 dancers fired from Calendar Girls for requesting better contracts. NZCTU National Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges… Read More »Unions stand in solidarity with dancers
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions was joined today by working people across the country to submit on a bill designed to provide additional… Read More »Additional protections needed for employees in small businesses
The proposed amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Act remedies a longstanding omission where workers in small businesses did not have the same… Read More »Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Bill
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions was joined today by working people to submit on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill. The Bill, which… Read More »More support needed in Bill, say disabled workers
Low unemployment and strong wage growth in the December quarter 2022 Household Labour Force Survey are further evidence of New Zealand’s robust recovery from the… Read More »Working people continue to help economy thrive
The NZCTU supports a macroeconomic policy approach that places the wellbeing of New Zealanders at its centre. To do this, we need to make full… Read More »Monetary Policy Committee Remit Review
The impacts of both inflation and the Reserve Bank’s response to it through higher interest rates have fallen most heavily on low-income families, said NZCTU… Read More »Working people must be kept at the centre of the response to inflation, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
The NZCTU supports the Companies (Directors Duties) Amendment Bill, which will contribute to ensuring workers get a fair deal from the value they provide, and that New Zealanders have access to good work.
The root cause of our inflation and cost of living challenge is the lack of a long-term economic plan. The issues Aotearoa New Zealand is… Read More »Inflation and Incomes Act
Seasons greetings & welcome to this bumper December 2022 edition of the EconoLex. December is usually a time when we come together to celebrate the… Read More »Monthly Economic Bulletin – December 2022
The root cause of our inflation and cost of living challenge is the lack of a long-term economic plan says the New Zealand Council of… Read More »New ways to tackle inflation without a heavy cost on workers are needed, says Council of Trade Unions