Reflecting on the Coalition Government’s first Budget yesterday, Dr Bill Rosenberg posed the question why the Government won’t increase spending to 30 percent of GDP,… Read More »Bill Rosenberg and Ganesh Nana deliver independent Budget analysis
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff says the Government’s first budget shows it backs the right priorities, and could achieve even more by raising… Read More »First Government Budget hits all the right notes, more needed long term
New figures released today by Council of Trade Unions Economist Dr Bill Rosenberg and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Director of Policy Lyndon Keene… Read More »Government facing over two and a half billion health funding gap
The Council of Trade Unions says the National Party pulling support for a sensible and important bill to support survivors of domestic violence in their… Read More »National Party lets women down
Kiwis want more taxes and stronger public services. That’s the clear message from independent market research commissioned by the Council of Trade Unions. The research was… Read More »Kiwis’ desire for tax offers hope for underfunded public services
“It’s good to see more jobs,” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “But the growth in wages is just happening too slowly.” “Working people need to… Read More »More jobs, but they still need to be better paid
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff says he is optimistic seeing working people at the centre of the Government’s Health and Safety at Work… Read More »Input of working people key to safer workplaces
The Council of Trade Unions said today that it was heartened by yesterday’s announcement from the Government of a just transition for those in the… Read More »Petroleum industry needs to get on board with a just transition
The Council of Trade Unions said today that new research published by NZEI Te Riu Roa and the PPTA that 83 percent of Kiwis think… Read More »No surprise that Kiwis value our teachers and support a better deal for them
The Council of Trade Unions today presented to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, in support of giving New… Read More »Kiwis should be able to choose to make work better together
The Council of Trade Unions says that a debate on our approach to trade and investment policy is welcome and overdue. “We want to work with Government… Read More »Trade and investment policy can and should be more inclusive
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) welcomed the announcement today by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones of the Taranaki Action Plan, as an example… Read More »Economic diversification for Taranaki a window on our sustainable future