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.

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.

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.

We tax wages. We tax spending. But wealth? Not so much. The CTU says that imbalance can’t survive another election cycle.

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.
They tried to counter it. They barely showed up. Meanwhile, Auckland’s anti-war movement is getting louder.

NZCTU says the Employment Relations Amendment Bill strips worker protections, enables contractor misclassification and weakens personal grievance rights.