The NZCTU recognises that healthy and safe work is a fundamental right for all workers, and a critical aspect of good work. Research shows that unionised workplaces are safer workplaces.
Workers are the ones who feel the impact of poor workplace health and safety. In Aotearoa New Zealand, too many workers are hurt on the job due to unsafe working conditions and an inability to speak up on health and safety issues.
Our work focuses on guaranteeing better protections for workers and strengthening their rights at work. We also support our affiliates to keep workers safe on the job and ensure that workers have a real say on matters that impact their health and safety.
Find out more below.
Latest Health & Safety News
- Workers absent from government’s AI “strategy”
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is concerned that the artificial intelligence (AI) “strategy” document released today by the Government ignores impacts on working people and… Read More »Workers absent from government’s AI “strategy” - The Right to Stop Unsafe Work
As workers, we all have a legal right to stop any work that we believe will get us or anyone else hurt If you genuinely believe that you (or anyone… Read More »The Right to Stop Unsafe Work - Government turns its back on workers’ safety
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is dismayed by the Government’s decision to abstain from the new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on biological hazards that… Read More »Government turns its back on workers’ safety - Government guts WorkSafe
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety’s announcement today on gutting WorkSafe’s enforcement capability signals a return to a failed approach, that will weaken our health and safety system, said… Read More »Government guts WorkSafe - Unions launch campaign to ban engineered stone
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today launched a campaign to ban the import, supply, and use of engineered stone in Aotearoa New Zealand. “We… Read More »Unions launch campaign to ban engineered stone - Ban Engineered Stone Now
The NZCTU remains strongly committed to banning engineered stone in New Zealand and implementing better occupational health protections for all workers working with silica-containing materials. Engineered stone is not an… Read More »Ban Engineered Stone Now
Resources
Guidance regarding workplace drug and alcohol policies.
As workers, we all have a legal right to stop any work that we believe will get us or anyone else hurt.
Worksafe Reps are the only worker-based health and safety training providers in
New Zealand.
Have you suffered a workplace injury or an injury that affects your ability to work? Do you need help to access your ACC entitlements?
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