The Council of Trade Unions has today extended a big thank you to all of the frontline workers who have staffed MIQ over the last two years, acknowledging the immense effort that has gone into keeping New Zealanders safe from COVID-19, says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “While no country is immune from Omicron and its… Read more »
Read more...
The CTU today is welcoming the decision to increase the Minimum Wage to $21.20 an hour from April 1st, 2022. This increase ensures that Minimum Wage workers do not fall further behind other workers and means that their incomes are protected in real terms, said CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “For a full time Minimum Wage worker this… Read more »
Read more...
Joint Government/CTU/Business NZ release An income insurance scheme will better protect workers and incomes, increase the availability of skilled workers and help communities and industries during economic shocks and transitions, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson said. Consultation is now open on the proposed New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme, jointly designed Government, Business New Zealand and… Read more »
Read more...
Today’s inflation data shows that increases in the minimum wage are both necessary and desirable, says CTU Chief Economist Craig Renney. “Statistics New Zealand data released today showed that Inflation was 5.9% annually, its highest rate since June 1990. Inflation is being driven by the price of building materials, rents, fuel, and the price if… Read more »
Read more...
With New Zealand on the precipice of an Omicron outbreak and the economic upheaval that comes with it, the CTU’s annual Mood of the Workforce Survey shows the vast majority of kiwi workers do not have the financial resources to survive a period of unemployment. “The latest research shows that New Zealand’s relatively low wage… Read more »
Read more...
As the New Zealand economy stares down the barrel of a potential omicron outbreak, workers are already feeling squeezed from low wages and high levels of stress and burnout, a new survey reveals. “The annual Council of Trade Unions “Mood of the Workforce” survey covers over 1500 New Zealand workers and asks questions about workers’… Read more »
Read more...
Higher costs of rent and food for New Zealanders are strengthening the call for the Minimum Wage to be lifted to the Living Wage says CTU Economist Craig Renney. “Statistics New Zealand today has released figures showing a 6% annual increase in rents across the country, and a 4% annual increase in food prices. Both… Read more »
Read more... CTU back Fair Pay Agreements to set minimum standards for pay and conditions The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions continue to support the delivery and implementation of the Fair Pay Agreements (FPA’s) legislation that the government has been working on for several years, and which has been included in their past two manifestos, says… Read more »
Read more...
Reports of employers requiring immunocompromised workers to return to work in Auckland are highly concerning, and risk putting workers’ health in danger and undermining New Zealand’s public health responses, says Acting Secretary of the Council of Trade Unions Tali Williams. “It is very disappointing and inappropriate that certain employers including The Warehouse Group, which includes Torpedo7 and… Read more »
Read more...
Essential workers deserve a pay rise for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the Council of Trade Unions as they launch a call on the Government to raise the Minimum Wage to $22.75 an hour – the Living Wage rate. “Our essential workers are heroes who worked so hard to get us through the… Read more »
Read more...