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5 days ago · Richard Wagstaff: Statistically speaking we are at "full employment". This is something to celebrate, but this single figure alone doesn't tell the whole story of work in New Zealand.
3 days ago · “Today’s announcement of a possible trade deal with the United Arab Emirates is not a cause for celebration”, says NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff. “There is no evidence of a deal with no enforceable rights for workers, protections against forced labour or modern slavery.
1 day ago · “Our hearts go out to all the workers who have lost their jobs, and we stand in solidarity with them at this terribly difficult time,” said NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff. “The Government had the power to keep the mill alive by creating a plan for power price stability, but they failed to deliver.
5 days ago · “Today’s announcement of a possible trade deal with the United Arab Emirates is not a cause for celebration”, says NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff. “There is no evidence of a deal with no enforceable rights for workers, protections against forced labour or modern slavery.
5 days ago · CTU Richard Wagstaff’s president attacked the agreement for not tackling problems related to worker rights in the United Arab Emirates. Wagstaff noted that as workers are not allowed to strike and independent trade unions are not present in the UAE, the nation ranks among the lowest for workers’s rights. Keep Reading
4 days ago · Next month will mark 52 years since the Equal Pay Act was passed in Aotearoa New Zealand. For over a hundred years, unions have continued to work tirelessly in the pay equity space.
5 days ago · CTU President Richard Wagstaff said the deal was “not a cause for celebration”. “There is no evidence of a deal with no enforceable rights for workers, protections against forced labour or modern slavery. Nothing has been noted abut enhancing the rights of women in the UAE,” Wagstaff said.
