The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi undertakes a broad range of work to advance and improve the lives of working people.
As the trade union peak body in Aotearoa New Zealand, the NZCTU submits on a range of policy areas on behalf of our affiliated unions and the broader workforce.
Stay up to date on the work of the NZCTU, including our submissions, analysis, and resources below.
Latest from the NZCTU
- Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU strongly supports the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill. This Bill represents a positive step towards addressing serious issues around unlawful disparities in pay by protecting workers’… Read More »Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill - Brooke van Velden completely undermines personal grievance system
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is sounding the alarm about the latest attack on workers from Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden, who is ignoring… Read More »Brooke van Velden completely undermines personal grievance system - Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU strongly opposes the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill (the Bill). It is a clumsily drafted and punitive piece of legislation aimed at taking industrial… Read More »Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill - Submission on the Targeted Review of the Commerce Act 1986
The NZCTU supports a strengthening of the Commerce Act 1986. We have seen a general trend of market consolidation across multiple sectors of the New Zealand economy. Concentrated market power… Read More »Submission on the Targeted Review of the Commerce Act 1986 - Submission on Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill
We are concerned that the Amendment Bill, as proposed, could impair the operations and legitimate interests of the NZ Trade Union movement. It is also likely to negatively impact the… Read More »Submission on Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill - Submission on Proposed Regulatory Standards Bill
The NZCTU recommends that no further work on the Regulatory Standards Bill is undertaken. The proposed Bill, like its predecessors, is designed to reduce the quantum and reach of regulation,… Read More »Submission on Proposed Regulatory Standards Bill
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Latest Submissions
- Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment BillThe NZCTU strongly supports the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill. This Bill represents a positive step towards addressing serious issues around unlawful disparities in pay by protecting workers’… Read More »Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill
- Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment BillThe NZCTU strongly opposes the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill (the Bill). It is a clumsily drafted and punitive piece of legislation aimed at taking industrial… Read More »Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill
- Submission on the Targeted Review of the Commerce Act 1986The NZCTU supports a strengthening of the Commerce Act 1986. We have seen a general trend of market consolidation across multiple sectors of the New Zealand economy. Concentrated market power… Read More »Submission on the Targeted Review of the Commerce Act 1986
- Submission on Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment BillWe are concerned that the Amendment Bill, as proposed, could impair the operations and legitimate interests of the NZ Trade Union movement. It is also likely to negatively impact the… Read More »Submission on Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill
- Submission on Proposed Regulatory Standards BillThe NZCTU recommends that no further work on the Regulatory Standards Bill is undertaken. The proposed Bill, like its predecessors, is designed to reduce the quantum and reach of regulation,… Read More »Submission on Proposed Regulatory Standards Bill
- Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi have submitted against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, slamming the Bill as a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and an attack on tino rangatiratanga… Read More »Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill - Submission on the NZ Post Deed of Understanding 2024 review
Postal services enable individuals, businesses, and communities to build and maintain social connections, and to participate economically, culturally, and politically. The NZCTU is concerned that the proposed changes in this… Read More »Submission on the NZ Post Deed of Understanding 2024 review - Submission: Have Your Say on Work Health and Safety
Health and safety is core union mahi. Unions recognise that health and safety is a fundamental aspect of good work, and that every worker has the right to work that… Read More »Submission: Have Your Say on Work Health and Safety - Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill
The CTU strongly opposes the changes outlined in this Bill, which seeks to amend the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. This Bill is another example of rushed and… Read More »Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill