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- 5 August 2026
Today’s Union News includes coverage of the PSA’s concerns at MSD’s proposed reduction of security guards and the industrial action at the New Zealand Institute of… Read More »5 August 2026 - 4 August 2026
Today’s Union News includes coverage of NZPFU’s 50th strike, the Lyttelton port privatisation decision, and the ACT party’s announcement on giving teachers more powers to remove… Read More »4 August 2026 - 3 August 2026
Our secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges featured in an interview on 1News on Sunday about food delivery app drivers, and we have Waatea’s interview with President Sandra Grey… Read More »3 August 2026
Latest Media Releases
- Unemployment rate highest in more than a decade – labour market in crisis
Today’s unemployment rate of 5.6 percent is the highest rate in more than a decade and shows a labour market clearly in crisis says Sandra Grey, President of the… Read More »Unemployment rate highest in more than a decade – labour market in crisis - Fastest in a generation electricity price rises continue hurt for working people
Inflation has surged above 4 percent again, with the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) showing prices rising 4.1 percent annually, says Acting President of the New Zealand Council of… Read More »Fastest in a generation electricity price rises continue hurt for working people - NZCTU welcomes Bill to make union membership the default for new workers
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) is welcoming the Green Party’s Employment Relations (Automatic Union Membership) Amendment Bill, announced this morning at E Tū’s… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Bill to make union membership the default for new workers - Attacks on unions are costing working people
A new report from the OECD shows that working people are being left behind by this Government, says New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary Melissa… Read More »Attacks on unions are costing working people - NZCTU supports energy transition through Solar Saver
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is welcoming Labour’s Solar Saver policy to deliver more solar power to New Zealand households. “In a cost-of-living crisis,… Read More »NZCTU supports energy transition through Solar Saver - Fight for worker health and safety not over says NZCTU
Workers are disappointed by the passing of the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill, but an opportunity has arisen to minimise its damage, says Melissa Ansell-Bridges, Secretary of… Read More »Fight for worker health and safety not over says NZCTU
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Latest Union Jobs
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E tū | Assistant National Secretary | Auckland or Wellington
We are the collective voice of more than 48,000 working people in six broad industry groupings. We recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of our country, and work to give effect to the relationships set out in Te Tiriti. Our purpose is to empower working people and our communities for a better…
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TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi | Union Organiser | Auckland
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has a vacancy for a full-time organiser based in our Auckland office. This is a busy and important role at the heart of our union so we are looking for someone who can think on their feet, gather and analyse information, demonstrate good judgement, show empathy with the needs of…
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NZEI Te Riu Roa | Lead – Member Support Centre | Wellington
Lead – Member Support Centre | Kaitautoko Matua Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-tara Permanent, 1.0 FTE Grade N, Step 22 From $121,786 Purpose-driven work | Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5% Health Insurance reimbursement scheme | 26 days annual leave About the role: We are looking for an experienced leader who can coach a small team that…
Opinion
- From campaigns to courtrooms: Learnings from the International Trade Union School about building workers’ power
Some experiences are a lasting gift that stay with you forever – and this was one of them. I had the utmost privilege of representing the working people of Aotearoa… Read More »From campaigns to courtrooms: Learnings from the International Trade Union School about building workers’ power - Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand
The first of April is both April Fools’ Day and the start of the new financial year. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s also the time when the support we give… Read More »Conflict everywhere, especially here in New Zealand - Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue
There will be those who read that headline and scratch their heads and wonder, what does resolving Pay Equity have to do with Disability Rights? Some will say that Disability… Read More »Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue - Workers First Union 3: Uber 1
A.C.T is an acronym. It stands for the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers. Why then are they doing Ubers bidding when they (Uber) are neither a consumer nor a taxpayer?… Read More »Workers First Union 3: Uber 1 - Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi
This Waitangi Day, a delegation of NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi leadership and Te Rūnanga o ngā Kaimahi Māori o Aotearoa members travelled up North to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to… Read More »Kotahitanga in action | Unions at Waitangi - Back on Track? Not according to workers.
Aotearoa New Zealand is way off track according to workers who took part in the CTU’s Mood of the Workforce Survey. Off track because we see the super-rich getting even… Read More »Back on Track? Not according to workers.
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