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 New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the legal action taken against the Minister of Climate Change by a coalition of… Read More »Climate legal action necessary response to Government inaction
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
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today released a report with detailed analysis of Budget 2025. It covers the major… Read More »NZCTU release detailed Budget 2025 analysis
Budget 2025 takes $12.8bn from low-income, female dominated workforces to prop up the Government’s failed economic policies, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist Craig Renney.… Read More »Reverse Robin Hood Budget steals from working people
New analysis from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi shows that the health service is likely to be underfunded by between… Read More »Billions missing from health budget
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 Government using Pay Equity settlements as a way to fund their Budget is a new low. Join in rallies across the motu to speak… Read More »Pay Equity Events
Major Aotearoa unions have launched a new petition calling on the Government to reverse their proposed amendments to the Equal Pay Act and restore existing… Read More »Unions launch petition to protect pay equity
Unemployment data released today by Statistics New Zealand shows ongoing weakness in the labour market, with falling employment, falling hours of work, and nearly half… Read More »Unemployment data shows real weakness behind the headline rate
The decision to nearly halve the amount of new investment being made in the next Budget signals that this Government doesn’t care about the users… Read More »Govt spending decision signals crisis and cuts
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