Media release on behalf of CTU Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori The collective voice of Māori working people, Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori,… Read More »CTU Rūnanga calling on Fletchers to return sacred Ihumātao
Government figures out today are consistent with what working people have told the Council of Trade Unions in our own survey, that a significant group… Read More »Making work better – Fair Pay Agreements
On Friday 12 and Saturday 13 July 200 union women from 18 different unions are coming together in Wellington for the Council of Trade Unions… Read More »CTU Women’s Conference – Wāhine Toa
Stats NZ has today released its latest findings to Wellbeing of New Zealanders, Well-being Statistics: 2018. The facts are clear; working Kiwis need to be… Read More »Wellbeing Survey shows Fair Pay Agreements are part of the solution
The Council of Trade Unions has today released an independent report conducted by economic research company BERL into the validity of sector bargaining. And the… Read More »Fair Pay Agreements will make working life better for all Kiwis
An historic international agreement by unions, employers and governments was forged last week in Geneva at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with a new international… Read More »New International Convention focused on making workplaces free from violence and harassment
“The GDP figures out this morning confirm that the economy is growing steadily and doing well compared to other OECD countries,” says Richard Wagstaff, President… Read More »Economy steady but need to prepare for change
Joint media release from The NZ Council of Trade Unions, Equity NZ and NZ Writers Guild The announcement today by the Minister for Workplace Relations… Read More »Government supports collective bargaining for those working in film and screen industry
The CTU has welcomed the statement from Education Minister Chris Hipkins inviting the NZEI and PPTA to meet with him and senior Ministry officials to… Read More »CTU welcomes initiative to progress discussions in education
The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming the concept of a Wellbeing Budget “We certainly believe that a budget which focuses on meaningful measures to… Read More »CTU welcomes Wellbeing Budget as a good start
“The announcement by the Minister of Finance that the Government was moving from a rigid 20% debt target to a range between 15% and 25%… Read More »Relaxing of borrowing constraint welcome, but broader review needed
Bill Rosenberg, Economist and Policy Director for the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (CTU) and Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research, for the… Read More »Vote Health needs an extra $1.3 billion just to stand still, research reveals