New analysis from the CTU shows the cost of the Government’s tax cuts for landlords will be many times more than the investment required for… Read More »Cutting ferry investment to subsidise property speculators is economic sabotage
GDP numbers provided by Stats NZ today demonstrated that the size of the economy fell by 0.3% in September 2023. NZCTU Economist Craig Renney said… Read More »GDP numbers provide reasons for investment, not cuts
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions says a dark cloud has descended on New Zealand as the Fair Pay Agreement legislation begun to be… Read More »Government ‘off to horrific start’ says unions
FIRST Union, NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa Private control of the electricity industry will significantly raise the cost of NZ’s recent commitment to triple renewable power… Read More »New report: Gentailer dividends a barrier to energy decarbonisation and lower energy prices
The announced disestablishment of Te Pūkenga shows the Government has no plan for vocational education, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President… Read More »Te Pūkenga disestablishment reveals Government’s lack of plan
The new Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden must be upfront with the public, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard… Read More »Workplace Relations Minister is misleading New Zealanders, say unions
Unions are heartened by the response to a petition to keep Fair Pay Agreements, which has now reached well over 10,000 signatures. NZCTU President Richard… Read More »More than 10k people sign petition to keep FPAs
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A cabinet consultation paper provided to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions by Newshub today, shows the incoming Government is disregarding the negative impact… Read More »Leaked paper shows disregard for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Kiwi workers
New analysis has shown the cost of interest deductibility changes will put a further $1 billion in the pockets of landlords, said NZCTU Economist and… Read More »National & ACT agreement places nearly $1b in the pockets of landlords
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has today provided its briefing for the incoming government. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said since 2017, the country… Read More »NZCTU presents Briefing for the Incoming Government
November 26 marks the day women effectively begin working for free, say the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU National Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges said… Read More »Unions to hold Government to account over persistent pay gap
The coalition agreements set out by the incoming government are nothing less than an attack on working Kiwis, their rights, and their needs said the… Read More »Coalition agreements threaten the well-being of New Zealanders