Media Releases

The Council of Trade Unions is pleased that the Government is continuing to shine light on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and specifically… Read More »Increase wages to address child poverty

Positive news for working people today with the release of the employment and income statistics which show that more Kiwis are in work and notably… Read More »Government stats show improvement on gender pay imbalance

The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today’s announcement of the very significant $12 billion infrastructure investment in the future of New Zealand. CTU President… Read More »CTU welcomes significant investment in infrastructure

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) have released a discussion document entitled ‘ Better protections for contractors’. “Working people are pleased that the Government is taking active steps to address how independent contractors are protected,” said CTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges.

Official figures from StatsNZ released today show that our economy is working better for New Zealanders with further strong growth of 0.7 percent in the… Read More »Economy serving working Kiwis better

Working people are welcoming today’s Government announcement confirming that it will increase the minimum wage to $18.90 per hour from 1 April 2020. “The minimum… Read More »Working people welcoming minimum wage increase

The first step in making things fairer, for those that have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth, got closer with the passing of the first reading… Read More »Bereavement leave for parents of stillbirths and miscarriages

“The Government’s announcement that an additional $12 billion capital will be available to address backlogs in our deteriorating schools, hospitals and rail infrastructure and for… Read More »CTU welcomes Government investment into infrastructure

Working people welcome the modest rise in the share of New Zealand’s income that is received by wage and salary earners in the year to… Read More »Welcome rise in the share of wages and salaries in New Zealand’s income