The Government has today released its discussion paper ‘ Designing a Fair Pay Agreements System’ providing detail of what proposed law for Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) could include. CTU President Richard Wagstaff comments, “We are pleased to see that the Government is clearly committed to improving the lives of working people with progress towards introducing… Read more »
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The 4 yearly elections for the Council of Trade Unions officers occurred today in Wellington. Successfully elected by the 27 unions affiliated to the CTU were – President, Richard Wagstaff. Wagstaff was re-elected for a second four year term. Vice President, Rachel Mackintosh, re-elected for a second four year term. Vice President Māori, Syd Keepa,… Read more »
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E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha, tēnā koutou Our world was built by working people, with our energy and commitment, with our skill and our knowledge, with our sweat and toil. And we’ve built it for our communities, for our people, for our families, for everyone ….to share fairly. Because we… Read more »
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EMBARGOED UNTIL 5:00am, Tuesday 15 October 2019 The Council of Trade Unions has today released its report – Fair Pay Agreements: A Framework for Fairness. The report details the six key principles needed for Fair Pay Agreements to deliver real change for working people, and democratic agreements that the union movement can support. Richard Wagstaff,… Read more »
Read more... The Council of Trade Unions has today set out its agenda for climate and just transition policies for 2020 and into the new parliamentary term after next year’s election, with the release of ten key actions for government to pick up. “Next Steps on just transition to good, green jobs” was launched at CTU Biennial Conference… Read more »
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The Council of Trade Unions has applauded todays announcement by the Government that wellness is a feature of their Economic Plan. “Working people need an economy which makes life better. An economy which doesn’t improve the lives of all New Zealanders and our planet is an economy which isn’t working. The economy exists to serve,… Read more »
Read more... Working people across Aotearoa are standing in support of the Student Strike for Climate (SS4C) on Friday 27 September.
Read more... September 19 marks the 126 anniversary of women winning the right to vote in New Zealand. “Winning the right to vote was the first priority for our suffragists, their second priority was securing equal pay,” said National Council of Women President, Vanisa Dhiru. “The fact that we continue to campaign for equal pay for work… Read more »
Read more...Yesterday’s announcement from the Minister for Immigration, to improve temporary work visas for migrant workers, provides some positive changes but more detail is needed. The Council of Trade Unions fundamentally supports the principle of making work better for everyone in New Zealand; migrant workers and New Zealanders. “Simplifying the visa process for those wanting to… Read more »
Read more... Statistics out today from the Government show that the gender wage imbalance, or gap, in the average wage is 11.9%, a strong 2 percentage point improvement from 13.9% last year. The gender pay imbalance in the median wage is 9.3%. “This is a significant and welcome improvement in the gender pay imbalance. It clearly demonstrates… Read more »
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