Union News

The CTU has launched a campaign to ban the import, supply and use of engineered stone in an effort to save workers’ lives. Last-ditch mediation between… Read More »Tuesday 29 April

Fewer than 50 families are likely to receive National’s full $252 fortnightly tax break, based on the FamilyBoost scheme’s lower than expected uptake. A rare… Read More »Monday 28 April

The PSA says a settlement with Health New Zealand over the agency’s proposed restructure of its Data and Digital and Pacific Health teams has saved… Read More »Thursday 24 April

370 perioperative nurses working at Auckland City Hospital, Starship Hospital and Greenlane Clinical Centre will strike for two hours on 1 May – the same… Read More »Wednesday 23 April

Thousands of senior medical doctors have voted to go on strike for 24 hours overpay at the beginning of next month. Callaghan Innovation has confirmed… Read More »Thursday 17 April

NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff has published an opinion piece which makes the case for a different approach to economic development, as proposed in the CTU’s… Read More »Tuesday 15 April

The PSA surveyed more than 900 of its members, with 55 percent of respondents saying AI is used at their place of work, despite most… Read More »Monday 14 April

The Treaty Principles Bill has been defeated in Parliament with 112 votes in opposition and 11 in favour, but the debate about Te Tiriti and… Read More »Friday 11 April

Te Whatu Ora is proposing to slash jobs from a department that brings in millions of dollars a year and ensures safety in hospitals, rest… Read More »Thursday 10 April

The NZCTU have launched a new policy programme and are calling on political parties to adopt bold policies in the lead up to the next… Read More »Wednesday 9 April

Three billion dollars has been wiped off the value of New Zealand’s share market as the rout of global financial markets caught up with the… Read More »Tuesday 8 April