Budget Report 2022
Budget 2022 sets out the building blocks of the government’s economic vision – towards a “new normal” in a post-pandemic Aotearoa New Zealand. The NZCTU… Read More »Budget Report 2022
Jeremiah Boniface
Fair Pay Agreements Bill, Education and Workforce Committee
Many sections of the New Zealand labour market operate as a low wage economy, where profits are based on driving down wages and conditions for… Read More »Fair Pay Agreements Bill, Education and Workforce Committee
Cost of Living at core of 22 Budget response
Finance Minister Grant Robertson today outlined the 2022 Budget, which places a cost of living and public Investment Package at its centre said CTU Economist… Read More »Cost of Living at core of 22 Budget response
CTU backs need for a Just Transition in Emissions Reduction Plan
The Emissions Reduction Plan released today by the Government makes welcome commitments to working with unions, business and communities for a Just Transition to a… Read More »CTU backs need for a Just Transition in Emissions Reduction Plan
CTU calls on employers to value essential Allied Health workers
CTU President Richard Wagstaff has called on Health employers and the Ministry of Health to recognise the value of Allied Health workers and make a… Read More »CTU calls on employers to value essential Allied Health workers
Budgets, Child Poverty & Cost of Living
Highlights of this month’s Economic Bulletin include the current inflation and cost of living crisis and the latest child poverty statistics, alongside an update of… Read More »Budgets, Child Poverty & Cost of Living
NZCTU Endorses MUNZ Call For Port Safety Inquiry
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions wholeheartedly endorses the Maritime Union of New Zealand’s call for an inquiry into port safety in New Zealand,… Read More »NZCTU Endorses MUNZ Call For Port Safety Inquiry
Axing Labour Day A Petty Idea
Christopher Luxon has shown once again how out of touch he is with the experience of workers in New Zealand with his suggestion that Labour… Read More »Axing Labour Day A Petty Idea
NZCTU supports Better Protections for Contractors
The NZCTU strongly endorses the recommendations of the Tripartite Working Group on Better Protections for Contractors, which it was a member of, and encourages Minister… Read More »NZCTU supports Better Protections for Contractors
Fair Pay Agreements Will Make A Real Difference For Kiwi Families
Today’s passing of the first reading of the bill to introduce Fair Pay Agreements is a big step forward for New Zealand workers, says CTU… Read More »Fair Pay Agreements Will Make A Real Difference For Kiwi Families
Monthly Economic Bulletin – March 2022
Introduction from Craig Renney Greetings to one and all to this new economic bulletin from the CTU. This report has been brought to you by… Read More »Monthly Economic Bulletin – March 2022
If you want to see why we need FPAs, just look at why big business opposes them – CTU
New Zealand’s business lobby explicitly opposing Fair Pay Agreements because they will raise workers’ wages should be all the evidence we need to show these… Read More »If you want to see why we need FPAs, just look at why big business opposes them – CTU