Media Releases

“The rise in the Consumer Price Index for the three months to December is about what was expected at 0.4 percent but it is more… Read More »Costs for Kiwis are increasing

Working people welcome today’s Government announcement to increase the minimum wage. However, the minimum wage needs to be significantly increased – not just by 50… Read More »Minimum wage needs to be two-thirds of the average wage

Figures out today show that what New Zealanders produced, measured by our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), increased by 1.1 percent in the three months to… Read More »Government needs to do more to ensure economy raises living standards for all

KiwiRail must be resourced by the Government to provide a service which all Kiwis can take pride in; a service which is environmentally sustainable. Today’s… Read More »KiwiRail’s switch to dirty diesel reveals Government’s real agenda on climate change

Great news today from the Wellington City Council; they are making progress towards paying the Living Wage to City Gallery security staff, by ensuring better… Read More »Wellington City Council does the fair thing

“The current Government’s priorities for next year’s Budget say nothing about improving public services, yet deteriorating public services hurt working people as much as a… Read More »Hardworking Kiwis need better public services, not more neglect

Today, Green MP Jan Logie has had a proposed law drawn from the ballot which, if supported by other political parties, will make a real… Read More »Working people support better laws around domestic violence

Kiwi women are closer to getting paid what they are worth with the decision by the Government to implement the Equal Pay Principles as successfully negotiated… Read More »Working women celebrate huge win after Government agrees to implement landmark Equal Pay Principles

“The new information on prices facing different types of households released by Statistics New Zealand today means we should be even more concerned about inequalities… Read More »New information shows households with lowest living standards face highest price increases

Labour has significantly upped the stakes on new ideas generation for the future of work and good jobs, the Council of Trade Unions said today.

CTU President Richard Wagstaff said that since the global financial crisis, New Zealand economic conditions had improved, but the benefits had been very unevenly distributed.

Newshub’s revelation that the Ministry of Social Development is in partnership with Manpower – a labour hire company following some unlawful and shonky practices – shows an apparent disregard by both for people’s working conditions, says CTU Secretary Sam Huggard.