The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes a new report from the Human Rights Commission detailing the intergenerational impact of PCP… Read More »Toxic timber chemical legacy shows why health and safety rights are human rights
Today’s unemployment rate of 5.6 percent is the highest rate in more than a decade and shows a labour market clearly in crisis says Sandra… Read More »Unemployment rate highest in more than a decade – labour market in crisis
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The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) is welcoming the Green Party’s Employment Relations (Automatic Union Membership) Amendment Bill, announced this… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Bill to make union membership the default for new workers
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The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is welcoming Labour’s Solar Saver policy to deliver more solar power to New Zealand households.… Read More »NZCTU supports energy transition through Solar Saver
Workers are disappointed by the passing of the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill, but an opportunity has arisen to minimise its damage, says… Read More »Fight for worker health and safety not over says NZCTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is welcoming Labour’s announcement today that it will restore and expand the Apprenticeship Boost scheme… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Labour’s plan to restore and expand Apprenticeship Boost
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) supports the direction of the Green Party’s taxation policy, which would increase taxation on… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Greens’ tax plan as a step toward fairness for working people
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU) President Sandra Grey says the Government has chosen to once again pass on the costs… Read More »Government’s parental leave decision steals from new families
GDP data released by StatsNZ today showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 0.8 percent. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te… Read More »GDP growth anaemic and masks economy still in “huge trouble”, says NZCTU
A new Convention on decent work in the platform economy has been adopted at the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva — the first binding… Read More »New Zealand woefully out of step with new global standard for digital platform workers