Today’s Budget, the ninth this Government has prepared does not make our country a more equal society. “A successful budget moves New Zealand towards being… Read More »The Budget; a missed opportunity to make NZ a more equal place
Working people are welcoming today’s announcement from the Green Party that they will increase the legal minimum entitlement of paid sick leave from five… Read More »Working people support Greens announcement of more paid sick leave
Joint Media Release: Council of Trade Unions, New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and the Public Service Association Operational health funding will need to increase by almost… Read More »Vote Health needs $1.1 billion increase to pay for rising population, costs and commitments
“Pushing the West Coast DHB into an expensive public ‘private’ partnership to fund the new Buller hospital makes no economic sense”, says Bill Rosenberg, CTU… Read More »West Coast DHB funding deal makes no sense
Yesterday’s announcement, from the Government, that extra funding will be allocated to fund rural ambulance services needs to closely examined. “What this funding boost does… Read More »Kiwis living rurally need the same ambulance service as everyone else
Figures out today from Statistics New Zealand show that wages in the private sector are falling behind the cost of living and that urgent action… Read More »Industry standards: a solution to improving wages
In the last two weeks seven New Zealanders went to work and never came home. They were killed at work. This Workers Memorial Day, April… Read More »Workers Memorial Day – too many Kiwis are being killed at work
“We need Equal Pay legislation that is consistent with the recent Court of Appeal Judgement on the Terranova Case and the agreed Joint Working Group… Read More »Equal Pay Exposure Draft Needs Fixing
“Not only is the 1 percent overall rise in prices this quarter larger than expected, but it is concentrated mainly in necessities that hit the… Read More »Prices of necessities rising
Lifting wages and improving the quality of work for workers in industries with large number of temporary migrant workers need as much attention as modifications… Read More »Lift wages, enforce rights for migrant workers
Unions representing care and support workers are pleased to be jointly announcing with government a proposed equal pay settlement to 55,000 workers across the aged… Read More »Historic day as caregivers offered equal pay settlement
A just-released OECD report on New Zealand calling for a more active role for the government in supporting redundant workers prompts a welcome debate, the… Read More »OECD calls for better redundancy support – who is listening?