The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is today in mediation with District Health Boards (DHBs) to try to negotiate a decent collective agreement that provides fair pay and healthy workplaces for 27,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants around the country. Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff urged the DHBs to produce an offer that shows… Read more »

The Government’s legislative changes announced today will ensure work will get better for hundreds of thousands of people, but there’s more to be done says the Council of Trade Unions. “Most working people in New Zealand are aware that the playing field has been tipped away from them in the past decade,” says CTU President… Read more »

Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said today that he was looking forward to the Government reconvening the Joint Working Group on equal pay as soon as possible. “Putting equal pay into law and practice is absolutely our priority for 2018” he said. “We’re really pleased to see that the Government is keen to… Read more »

The Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff extended warm congratulations today to the Prime Minister and her partner Clarke Gayford on the news they are expecting their first child. “I think it’s fair to say that of all the roles they’ve signed up for in the last few months, this one can be the… Read more »