Today’s Union News includes discussion on Labour’s pledge to restore pay equity to its previous settings, and job losses continue to pile up with Woolworths and Air NZ announcing restructures.
Union coverage
CTU – Union takes aim at Luxon with election campaign | Waatea News
CTU – “Don’t risk 6 years of Luxon” – NZCTU launches election campaign | The Daily Blog
NZEI – Pay Equity Back in Focus as NZEI Welcomes Labour Pledge | Waatea News
NZNO – Health NZ agrees to 24 new nurses for North Shore Hospital after ‘nightmare’ winter | RNZ
NZNO, PSA – Will Labour keep its pay equity promise? Unions say it could cost more than $13 billion | Stuff
NZNO, PSA – Pay equity back under the microscope as care workers demand answers | Waatea News
NZPFU – ‘Water cart’ replaces damaged Wellington high-rise fire truck, frustrated crews say | The Post (paywalled)
NZPFU, PSA – Legal action hovers over restart to FENZ restructure | RNZ
PPTA – ‘AI should assist teachers, not replace them’: Union warns of risks of AI marking | RNZ
PPTA – Education Experts Sound Warning Over NCEA Replacement | Waatea News
PPTA – ‘Those opportunities don’t happen frequently’: Panel calls for changes to NCEA replacement | RNZ
Workers First – Woolworths confirms plan to move 130 jobs to Australia | RNZ
Workers First – ANZ New Zealand IT jobs: More than 100 redundancies proposed in restructure | NZ Herald (paywalled)
Employment
Election 2026: Labour won’t detail cost of pay equity change in pre-election plan | NZ Herald (paywalled)
Labour commits to securing first pay equity deal by next Budget | RNZ
Govt agrees to public service reform over untracked Māori funding | Newsroom
Arise Church to pay $173k to former interns found to be employees | 1News
