When the National-led Government passed the Equal Pay Amendment Act under urgency in May this year, they did so without consulting the working women affected.… Read More »Submission guide: Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is concerned that the artificial intelligence (AI) “strategy” document released today by the Government ignores… Read More »Workers absent from government’s AI “strategy”
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges has taken the pay equity fight to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference… Read More »Unions take pay equity fight to the ILO
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety’s announcement today on gutting WorkSafe’s enforcement capability signals a return to a failed approach, that will weaken our… Read More »Government guts WorkSafe
Dame Marilyn Waring has worked with a group of former women MPs to form the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity, which will gather evidence… Read More »Tuesday 27 May
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has sent an open letter to the Government objecting to its decision to block the… Read More »Unions barred from Budget 2025 lock-up
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today launched a campaign to ban the import, supply, and use of engineered stone… Read More »Unions launch campaign to ban engineered stone
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is warning that the Government’s decision to adopt a new model for the vocational education… Read More »Govt vocational education reforms will cause massive disruption
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is concerned for low-income workers given new data released by Stats NZ that shows inflation was 2.5% for the year… Read More »Inflation data confirms real terms minimum wage cut
The introduction of AI in workplaces can create significant health and safety risks for workers (such as intensification of work, and extreme surveillance) which can… Read More »Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has launched a new policy platform, Aotearoa Reimagined, which has been developed by engaging workers,… Read More »NZCTU announce transformative policy vision for Aotearoa
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is dismayed that Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has launched another attack on workers’ rights by… Read More »Brooke van Velden ramps up her war on working people