The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) supports the direction of the Green Party’s taxation policy, which would increase taxation on… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Greens’ tax plan as a step toward fairness for working people
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU) President Sandra Grey says the Government has chosen to once again pass on the costs… Read More »Government’s parental leave decision steals from new families
GDP data released by StatsNZ today showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 0.8 percent. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te… Read More »GDP growth anaemic and masks economy still in “huge trouble”, says NZCTU
A new Convention on decent work in the platform economy has been adopted at the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva — the first binding… Read More »New Zealand woefully out of step with new global standard for digital platform workers
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President, Sandra Grey, welcomed Labours election policy that would see public transport fares capped at $20 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch,… Read More »NZCTU welcomes Labour’s commitment to public transport
Security for all? The government has framed Budget 26 as one that will “secure New Zealand’s future”. The key argument that Minister Willis and Prime… Read More »Workers’ analysis of Budget 2026
In the afternoon of the announcement of Budget 2026, the NZCTU brought together more than 80 people from 50 organisations to pen a response to… Read More »We are calling on the government to change course
Budget 2026 steals from low-income families and slashes public services, making working people and their families worse off in a cost-of-living crisis. Nicola Willis’s final… Read More »Guns, prisons, and roads Budget is another disaster for working Kiwis
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes yesterday’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirming that the right… Read More »New Zealand workers’ right to strike backed by world’s top court
The Government’s announcement that it will increase housing costs for some of the poorest families in the country is a sign that the Budget is… Read More »Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again
The introduction of the Disability Support Services Bill is another instance of this Government seeking to undercut the Courts’ decisions and revoke access to justice… Read More »New Bill strips employment rights for family carers
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey has today blasted Nicola Willis’s pre-Budget announcement on public sector job cuts. “After… Read More »Government blindly cuts to save skin – Willis’s plan clearly hasn’t worked