Latest Council of Trade Unions News

Treaties Committee to consider Southeast Asia trade area agreement and removal of wrecks treaty
GDP Numbers Make Case For Change – But Not Tax Cuts
CTU to Support Uber Drivers Rallying For Basic Workers’ Rights
Workers should worry about new threat to workplace protections in Minister’s speech
Landlord Tax cuts cost explodes – as does Government’s Tax plans
Govt must commit to follow Australia’s lead on pay gap reporting
Economic Bulletin February 2024
Public investment in New Zealand fails to meet growing need
CTU makes strong case for more, not less investment in public services
CTU has informed EU of free trade agreement labour law breach
ACC Cuts Will Put Health Of New Zealanders At Risk
Government must regulate to protect migrant workers on work visas from exploitation
The secret sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits: high-tech surveillance and control
Child Poverty Data Shows Government Must Take Action
NZCTU Statement on Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
Productivity Commission Report Shows Need for Income Insurance at Redundancy
Coalition Government’s failure to fund new Interislander ferries example of short-term thinking
Government must deliver increases to minimum wage that keep up with inflation
Government’s policies will make it harder for unemployed workers
Fels’ review confirms corporate practices as key drivers of inflation
Economic Bulletin January 2024
Minimum wage decision a signal of what this Government really thinks about workers
NZCTU calls on the Government to protect frontline public services
NZCTU disappointed with disestablishment of Regional Skills Leadership Groups
The Government must ban engineered stone to protect workers’ health
Inflation data slows – slowing data shows need for continuing support for families
Working people fear for their future and New Zealand’s
Mood of Workforce 2024
Economic Bulletin December 2023
Mini-Budget begs too many questions
Government again ignores advice to attack protections for workers – 90-day trials extended
Minimum wage decision early test for new Government
Cutting ferry investment to subsidise property speculators is economic sabotage
GDP numbers provide reasons for investment, not cuts
Government ‘off to horrific start’ says unions
New report: Gentailer dividends a barrier to energy decarbonisation and lower energy prices
Workplace Relations Minister is misleading New Zealanders, say unions
More than 10k people sign petition to keep FPAs
Leaked paper shows disregard for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Kiwi workers
Landlord tax cut boost shows how the Government’s priorities are so wrong
National & ACT agreement places nearly $1b in the pockets of landlords
Solving agriculture workforce challenges together
NZCTU presents Briefing for Incoming Government
Australia’s Superpower Opportunity
Unions to hold Government to account over persistent pay gap
Coalition agreements threaten the well-being of New Zealanders
NZCTU Supports The 65,000 Care Workers Impacted By Pay Equity Claim
New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme