Richard Wagstaff
The Beehive doors are shut to the CTU
She says her government is delivering for workers, but Brooke Van Velden won't meet with the biggest worker organisation we have - the Council for Trade Unions. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Monday 16 September
On today's episode, the government has released a draft list of 35 minerals it considers essential to the economy, the Police Minister is hailing a 22 percent drop in serious assaults in the Auckland… Audio
Union and business leaders on new test for contractors
The government is introducing new tests to define whether workers are employees or contractors. It comes after a Court of Appeal case ruled four Uber drivers were employees and should receive benefits… Audio
Axing fair pay agreements could cost bus drivers up to $10,000 a year - union
Axing fair pay agreements will shave up to $10,000 a year off a bus drivers salary according to the Council of Trade Unions. The government plans to get rid of the policy by Christmas, putting an end… Video, Audio
Workers' rights in new Minister's sights
The new Workplace Relations and Safety minister has a busy two weeks ahead, with promises to axe Fair Pay Agreements by Christmas, and start work to reinstate 90-day trials. ACT's deputy leader Brooke… Audio
Business leaders want to see changes from new government
Business leaders want to see quick changes from the new National-led government, scrapping fair pay agreements and reintroducing 90-day trials.
Unions say that's nothing but bad news for workers.
… Audio
CTU runs ad campaign against National
National is facing heat from another angle after the Council of Trade Unions launched a highly visible advertising campaign explaining - in its words - why the country will be worse off under a… Audio
Slow progress to reinspect businesses putting tradies at high risk of silica dust exposure
Frustrations are building over slow progress to reassess manufacturers deemed to be putting tradies at high risk of silica dust exposure. Fatal lung disease silicosis can develop after breathing in… Audio
CTU hails $300mil plans to transition away from fossil fuels
In what is the country's largest ever initiative to reduce carbon emissions , the government is partnering with New Zealand Steel to install a Clean Electric Arc Furnace at the Glenbrook Steel Mill in… Audio
Call to ban stone benchtops due to risks for manufacturers
The Council of Trade Unions wants the government to ban engineered stone benchtops due to the risks to workers from making the benches.
People manufacturing them are being exposed to dangerous levels… Audio
Hopes for more progress on pay equity from new PM
The Council of Trade Unions is hoping for further moves on pay equity from the incoming prime minister.
Chris Hipkins says his government will fix big issues such as the "inflation pandemic" hurting… Audio
Remembering Union leader Ken Douglas
One of New Zealand's best known union leaders, Ken Douglas, has died aged 86.
Known as Red Ken, Ken Douglas was the inaugural president of the Council of Trade Unions from 1987 until 1999.
He was… Audio
Union on trouble at toilet paper plant
The Union for workers locked out of the Essity mill in Kawerau says the company's launched legal action against its own staff.
The Pulp and Paper Workers Union says the toilet paper company is… Audio
Court rules forced annual leave during lockdown unlawful
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and E tū are savouring a win in an employment case over whether employees can be forced to take annual leave during a lockdown.
The case went to court after… Audio
Second port worker killed at work in two weeks
Yet another port worker has been killed on the job and unions have united in a call for urgent action.
The death at Lyttelton Port yesterday comes just six days after the death of Atiroa Tuaiti at… Audio
Offices lighting up after Omicron peak
Workers in our key business districts are returning to offices of dusty desks, blank screens, and staff rooms that, for once, don't stink of your workmates leftovers.
Now that some vax mandates are a… Audio
Social unemployment insurance to soften blow of job losses
Workers who lose their jobs could get 80 percent of their usual salary for up to seven months, under a proposed new government scheme.
The social unemployment insurance scheme has been designed in… Audio
Business NZ refuses partnership on Fair Pay Agreements
Business New Zealand has stirred up an industrial hornet's nest by refusing to be a formal partner in the government's Fair Pay Agreements.
The group said it had rejected the government's offer to be… Audio
Covid-19: Unions on vaccine certificates
The Prime Minister says if customers must be vaccinated, then so too, must the workers at place where a vaccine certificate required.
Employees who refuse vaccinations within a four week notice… Audio
Public sector pay freeze: Council of Trade Unions set to meet Hipkins
The Council of Trade Unions is among a swag of organisations to hit out at the government's public sector pay freeze.
After nearly a week of anger from public service unions at the three-year pay… Audio
