Council of Trade Unions Vice President Rachel Mackintosh says New Zealand’s gender pay imbalance can and must be fixed. “Employers discriminate against women from the… Read More »Women in New Zealand effectively working for free for the rest of the year
Today’s wage figures show that Governments can and do make a real difference to the wages of working people, and that the effort needs to… Read More »CTU comment on employment statistics
The Council of Trade Unions today welcomed the Government announcement that Kiwirail would retain 15 electric engines on the Northern Trunk Line between Hamilton and… Read More »Government move on electric trains puts Just Transition on the right track
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff was pleased to have announced today a working model for moving forward with better employment laws for those… Read More »Film Industry Working Group produces tripartite recommended model
The Council of Trade Unions today welcomed the passing of the first reading of the Equal Pay Amendment Bill in parliament as a critical historic… Read More »Genuine move to enshrine pay equity in law with Equal Pay Bill
Council of Trade Unions Co-convenor of Te Rūnanga o Ngā Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa, Laures Park said that today was the day that Māori women… Read More »Māori women effectively working for free for the rest of the year
The Council of Trade Unions is holding today in Wellington the first ever Roundtable for government, businesses, Māori representatives, trade unions and environmentalists on a… Read More »First ever New Zealand Roundtable on a Just Transition to a sustainable economy
Unions said that the PPTA member vote today to reject their pay offer gives the Government an opportunity repair a decade of neglect in public… Read More »Post-primary teachers vote confirms swift correction needed for classrooms
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) this morning welcomed the apology from the Greater Wellington Regional Council for the massive failure of Wellington’s bus network,… Read More »Apology from Greater Wellington Regional Council nice, but not enough
Unions stood behind NZEI Te Riu Roa members who today voted to reject the latest collective agreement offer from the Government, and urged for a… Read More »Swift resolution needed for primary teachers and families
The union movement today celebrated another pay equity offer of settlement, with the Public Service Association securing an offer for social workers at Oranga Tamariki… Read More »Significant settlement offer shows the power of unions for women’s equality
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said that today marks ‘working for free day’ for Pasifika women because of the gender pay imbalance. “The… Read More »Pasifika women effectively working for free for the rest of the year