Budget 2026 Housing Cuts Are Reverse Robin Hood
The Government calls it fairer housing support. The NZCTU says it is taking money from struggling tenants and handing the advantage to landlords.
Sandra Grey
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Disability Support Services Bill Strips Carers’ Rights
Family carers won a path to employment rights in the Supreme Court. Now the Government has introduced a Bill to shut that path down.
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CTU Slams Willis Over Public Service Cuts
The CTU says Nicola Willis is pushing reckless austerity cuts while gambling on AI and consultants to replace public sector workers.
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Wellington Fare Hike Hits Workers During Fuel Crisis
Wellington commuters are being hit with higher Metlink fares just as fuel prices surge, and unions say working people are paying the price again.
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NZ Unemployment Pain Hits Workers Hard
The Government can spin the numbers however it likes. But 163,000 people unemployed and 406,000 underutilised is not recovery. It is warning sirens.
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CTU Launches Roving Health and Safety Reps Policy
As New Zealand marks Workers’ Memorial Day, the CTU is demanding new union-backed health and safety reps to stop preventable deaths on the job.
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CTU welcomes Tax Justice Aotearoa policy statement as election-year debate begins
We tax wages. We tax spending. But wealth? Not so much. The CTU says that imbalance can’t survive another election cycle.
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Sandra Grey is making NZCTU relevant again
Sandra Grey is giving the union movement something it has lacked for years: urgency, clarity and political bite. And with the fuel crisis escalating, that matters.
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Auckland Anti-war Protest
They tried to counter it. They barely showed up. Meanwhile, Auckland’s anti-war movement is getting louder.
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Employment Relations Amendment Bill a “Dark Day” for Workers – NZCTU
NZCTU says the Employment Relations Amendment Bill strips worker protections, enables contractor misclassification and weakens personal grievance rights.
