Media Releases

Access Community Health’s decision to suspend approximately 40 contact centre workers and coordinators taking part in a partial strike is draconian and reflects badly on… Read More »Big business attacks the low paid

Today’s Welfare Expert Advisory Group report Whakamana Tāngata provides clear recognition that our welfare system was broken and needed overhauling, the Council of Trade Unions… Read More »Welfare report offers hope – CTU

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is calling on the Fijian Government to urgently release the Trade Union officials currently being detained. “We have… Read More »Union leaders arrested by Fijian authorities

The Council of Trade Unions is concerned by some of the findings in a ‘State of the Public Tertiary Education Sector Survey’ released today by… Read More »CTU concerned by research findings in tertiary sector

“Today’s announcement of an agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between government, unions, and employers is a hugely positive step in getting the buses moving… Read More »Bus drivers to get breaks thanks to MOU

Today’s announcement that the Government will not be supporting a Capital Gains tax is “hugely disappointing” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “Working people need a… Read More »Government misses opportunity for a fairer NZ

“Working Kiwis need to know that this Labour led Government is built on foundations of fairness,” CTU President Richard Wagstaff said. “Supporting a fairer tax… Read More »CTU urges government to support Capital Gains Tax

The Council of Trade Unions has provided a written submission to the parliamentary Select Committee in support of the proposed improvements to gun laws. “As… Read More »NZ Union Movement Supports Improvements to Gun Laws