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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fair Pay Agreements will be crucial for boosting Kiwis wages and supporting a higher wage economy, Council of Trade Union’s President Richard Wagstaff says. “FPAs… Read More »Fair Pay Agreements an idea whose time has come
Dear President Olexandre Dzhulyk, On behalf of more than 300,000 members of 30 affiliated unions, the New ZealandCouncil of Trade Unions stands in solidarity with… Read More »CTU solidarity with Ukraine
“Tuesday 8th March is International Women’s Day in New Zealand, and this year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1972. “We celebrate being the… Read More »International Women’s Day a call to action in New Zealand
National Leader Christopher Luxon’s speech today proposed an economic agenda that is out of touch and would only boost debt, pump up inflation and make… Read More »Out of touch Luxon demands that poorest pay for inflation boosting giveaway