Mentions of New Zealand Council of Trade Unions in New Zealand Parliament debates

HONE HARAWIRA ...bour’s refusal to fight for employment for all. Mana calls for a programme of full employment based on figures from the Council of Trade Unions, which tells us that if the Government took back the tax cuts it gave to the 1 percent last year, we could take ...

KEITH LOCKE ... warrant system. This question of who should or could be requested to help the SIS is quite contentious, and the Council of Trade Unions made quite an extensive submission on that point. It was worried about workers in workplaces being required to assist ...

Hon PHIL GOFF ... be observed by the SIS. Likewise I acknowledge the thoughtful contributions made by Hazel Armstrong and also by the Council of Trade Unions. Although at least two of those bodies opposed the legislation, they put forward their ideas in a very constructive and ...

Hon DAVID PARKER ... so old it predates some of those newer electronic technologies. I also note that helpful submissions were made by the Council of Trade Unions and Hazel Armstrong. Hazel Armstrong is someone who is known to many people around this place as making wise ...

MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... areas so important to New Zealanders, and that is Vote Health. I was fascinated to see the press release the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions put out on the day of the Budget. It said that its analysis of health expenditure estimated that Vote Health would need to ...
... so important to New Zealanders, and that is Vote Health. I was fascinated to see the press release the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions put out on the day of the Budget. It said that its analysis of health expenditure estimated that Vote Health would need ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... on.” Phil O’Reilly is saying there is no plan or strategy around skills, and he is right. As Peter Conway from the Council of Trade Unions says, the Government should say that jobs are a priority and therefore it should increase skills and investment ....

KEITH LOCKE ... bill. If submitters want their submission known, they have to go to the effort of promoting it to the media, as the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions did today and as I will also be doing. However, as anyone who has ever attended a select committee knows, a lot of the ...
... want their submission known, they have to go to the effort of promoting it to the media, as the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions did today and as I will also be doing. However, as anyone who has ever attended a select committee knows, a lot of the ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... focused on the role of workplace productivity. I refer back to a joint paper that Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions put together on productivity under the previous Government. Under our Government, they worked together in a social ...
... on the role of workplace productivity. I refer back to a joint paper that Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions put together on productivity under the previous Government. Under our Government, they worked together in a social ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL .../models available to maximise multifactor productivity in workplaces;”. I did think, after having reflected on what the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said in its submission, that workplace productivity is an important component of the total view. If the Productivity ...
... that Business New Zealand did not want to be heard, because I had asked the select committee clerk to arrange for the Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand to get half an hour each, one after the other, so that we could actually engage with both and ...

Hon MARYAN STREET ... commission, I say to the Minister, but the referring Ministers—“must first consult with Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions to ensure that the concept of social partnership is embedded in the work of the Productivity Commission.” This is where ...

PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA ... the amendment that would insert new clause 12(1B) requires Ministers to “consult with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions …”. Again, there is specificity in the clause, but what happens if the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions no longer exists?...
... that would insert new clause 12(1B) requires Ministers to “consult with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions …”. Again, there is specificity in the clause, but what happens if the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions no longer ...

GRANT ROBERTSON ... work that was going on in the skills area. Obviously, the Skills Strategy, which Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions have worked on with the Government, was a successful strategy. It was an example of social partnership in action, skill ...
... that was going on in the skills area. Obviously, the Skills Strategy, which Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions have worked on with the Government, was a successful strategy. It was an example of social partnership in action, skill ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... moved clause 12(1B) is to make sure that it is the referring Ministers who consult with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions when they are setting the terms of reference for an inquiry. There is a very important reason for this, and it goes to the ...
... 12(1B) is to make sure that it is the referring Ministers who consult with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions when they are setting the terms of reference for an inquiry. There is a very important reason for this, and it goes to ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... received; only seven submitters wanted to be heard. So I said that I would like the other half-hour slot to go to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions had been working on productivity in a very unified and collaborative ...
... seven submitters wanted to be heard. So I said that I would like the other half-hour slot to go to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions had been working on productivity in a very unified and ...

DAVID CLENDON ... to give us any hope or confidence that it will replicate the undoubted success of the Australian commission. The Council of Trade Unions and the Public Service Association both made very substantive, useful, and helpful submissions on this bill. Both ...

Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... a number of other people. So this problem was sorted 2 weeks ago. We are left with a sour taste in our mouth. The Council of Trade Unions has done a good job. In my opinion it is the role of Sir Peter Jackson now to take some leadership, to sort this out, ...

Hon GERRY BROWNLEE ... the Actors Equity sort of watched on sad and forlorn, not knowing what was going on; and where Helen Kelly from the Council of Trade Unions played a very constructive role. There was a possibility that the Pink Book conditions, which form the basis for ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... and other people working in the film industry and their union are wrong. The vilification of Helen Kelly and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has been absolutely unpleasant and uncalled-for. Again, I note that Gerry Brownlee has taken a slightly different tack on ...
... people working in the film industry and their union are wrong. The vilification of Helen Kelly and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has been absolutely unpleasant and uncalled-for. Again, I note that Gerry Brownlee has taken a slightly different tack ...

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... Court of Justice. The court heard submissions from the parties, as well as from Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as interveners. It was one of the last appeals that I had a role in arguing before I came to this House. I can assure ...
... of Justice. The court heard submissions from the parties, as well as from Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as interveners. It was one of the last appeals that I had a role in arguing before I came to this House. I can assure ...

Hon TAU HENARE ... any country. A union from overseas waltzes in—waltzes in—to this country and tells workers what to do. It was not the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and it was not the Labour Party that told workers what to do; it was the Australian mob from across the water. What ...
... A union from overseas waltzes in—waltzes in—to this country and tells workers what to do. It was not the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and it was not the Labour Party that told workers what to do; it was the Australian mob from across the water. What ...

Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... New Zealanders, a man who has done so much for the film industry—as a spoilt brat, a spoilt brat, by the head of the Council of Trade Unions, Helen Kelly. I ask which members opposite disagree with Helen Kelly. Not one! That speaks volumes about the differences ...

Hon TAU HENARE ... in their prime. The most interesting thing is that the blacklist, the boycott that was promulgated by the unions, the Council of Trade Unions—

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... a meeting attended by the Screen Production and Development Association, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the Council of Trade Unions, and himself. A press release was issued after that meeting, which outlined that they had found a way forward; that a ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... to account for a lack of focus on jobs and on skills. When people start to analyse the facts, they will see that the Council of Trade Unions intervened to try to resolve this dispute, and in fact it was successfully part of doing so. That fact has been ....

Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... I think need to be read in as part of the permanent record of this House. On Monday, 11 October Helen Kelly of the Council of Trade Unions attended a meeting of actors in Wellington, representing the position of Actors Equity, a body that says it is ...

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... that one is taking. As Christopher Finlayson told the House, I was a member of the legal team that acted for the Council of Trade Unions in the Supreme Court on the Bryson v Three Foot Six litigation. I was really proud to accept the union’s...

Hon GERRY BROWNLEE ...ion—and every member on that side of the House knows that; they have seen that resolution. I ask them what on earth the Council of Trade Unions has abandoned workers in this country for. Why was it not the New Zealand unions that stepped up and worked for actors ...

Hon RUTH DYSON ... this legislation. I know that the New Zealand Public Service Association raised concern in its submission, as did the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Women’s Health Action Trust, to name just three. It does not seem consistent with the spin that the Minister puts ...
... I know that the New Zealand Public Service Association raised concern in its submission, as did the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Women’s Health Action Trust, to name just three. It does not seem consistent with the spin that the Minister ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... it is that 13 out of 13 of the submitters supported its intent. When those submissions cover such a spectrum—from the Council of Trade Unions to the Public Service Association, the New Zealand Medical Association, and the Nurses’ Organisation—it certainly says ...

RAHUI KATENE ... Action strongly recommends that consideration be given to strengthening consultation requirements in the Bill.” The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions also shared those concerns. In its submission it noted: “The CTU recommends that the consultation requirements on DHB ...
... recommends that consideration be given to strengthening consultation requirements in the Bill.” The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions also shared those concerns. In its submission it noted: “The CTU recommends that the consultation requirements on DHB ...
... in the Bill.” The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions also shared those concerns. In its submission it noted: “The CTU recommends that the consultation requirements on DHB annual plans are retained and that there are provisions in the ...

RAYMOND HUO ... trade. When undertaking negotiations they need to be held high on the agenda. Reading the speech notes of the Council of Trade Unions president, Helen Kelly, in July this year on the relevant issues has reinforced my position on that. I have recently ...

RAYMOND HUO ... trade. When undertaking negotiations they need to be held high on the agenda. Reading the speech notes of the Council of Trade Unions president, Helen Kelly, in July this year on the relevant issues has reinforced my position on that. I have recently ...

Dr RUSSEL NORMAN ... extremely hostile towards independent trade unionists. People whom we would consider legitimate, like members of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, would all be in jail if they lived in China. That kind of independent trade union activity is absolutely illegal in China;...
... towards independent trade unionists. People whom we would consider legitimate, like members of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, would all be in jail if they lived in China. That kind of independent trade union activity is absolutely illegal in ...

DARIEN FENTON ... level of agreement on that group. There was a bit of agreement. The ministerial advisory group had people from the Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, and so on, on it. But there were a whole lot of things that they did not agree on. The only thing ...

MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... But in all of this someone forgot to give Phil Goff the union memo, did they not? That memo obviously came from the Council of Trade Unions and stated: “Labour do not support this change.” Good old Phil trotted off and said that as long as it was given freely, ...

DARIEN FENTON ... with two attacks on workers’ rights in one day. I put on the record an invitation to Kate Wilkinson to turn up to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions rallies on Saturday in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Christchurch—
... on workers’ rights in one day. I put on the record an invitation to Kate Wilkinson to turn up to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions rallies on Saturday in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Christchurch—

CAROL BEAUMONT ... most of the submitters did not support these changes. In response to a survey with a very straight question by the Council of Trade Unions, 80 percent of New Zealanders said it was not fair that people should be dismissed in the first 90 days of their ...

MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... it on. I would really like Mr Mallard to talk as much about that as he can. He also raised the chagrin that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has over the Prime Minister not giving any heads-up to it. Well, here is the news: we now have a Prime Minister who does ...
... would really like Mr Mallard to talk as much about that as he can. He also raised the chagrin that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has over the Prime Minister not giving any heads-up to it. Well, here is the news: we now have a Prime Minister who does ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... breaking in giving rights to people and making sure they have an opportunity to be engaged and to participate. The Council of Trade Unions commissioned some research on the 90-day trial legislation. The survey asked a straight question: “Do you think that all ...

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... as one of the steps to a “more productive economy and increased employment.” Yet even he, in October, told the Council of Trade Unions that this issue was not a “driving priority”. So why on earth is Parliament here in urgency, ramming through a piece of ...

Hon MARYAN STREET ... we engaged with small businesses, and, in fact, we set up the Small Business Advisory Group. We engaged with the Council of Trade Unions and those unions that are not affiliated with the Council of Trade Unions, but predominantly with the Council of Trade ...

DARIEN FENTON ... fairness, as a requirement for decent work, on the back-burner. Mr Garrett has been yelling out about one of the Council of Trade Unions cases that have come forward, and I have no idea why he thinks that young woman is a party member. She happened to go on ...

LYNNE PILLAY ... vehemently opposed to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill (No 2), from a Government that made a commitment to the Council of Trade Unions that it would not rush through legislation and that it would listen. By the Minister’s own acknowledgment, union access ...

Hon MARYAN STREET ... and if he is going on the front foot in order to shore up his redneck contingent, he needs to realise that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions does not operate in a vacuum; it operates in an international movement. Richard Trumka, who is from the American ...
... he is going on the front foot in order to shore up his redneck contingent, he needs to realise that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions does not operate in a vacuum; it operates in an international movement. Richard Trumka, who is from the American ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... bad to worse. Government members have rolled over themselves. Here is the list, starting with the Job Summit. The Council of Trade Unions was more than fair to the Government. The Council of Trade Unions went along in good faith to the Job Summit. The union ...

GRANT ROBERTSON ... likes to belittle the idea of a strategy. The Skills Strategy was a combined effort by Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and the Government to plan for having a skilled workforce in New Zealand. Since National has been in Government, we have ...
... belittle the idea of a strategy. The Skills Strategy was a combined effort by Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and the Government to plan for having a skilled workforce in New Zealand. Since National has been in Government, we ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... is not even available for increasing costs and increasing demand because it has been earmarked for new services. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists have calculated that the sector will need at least an increase of $555 ...
... available for increasing costs and increasing demand because it has been earmarked for new services. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists have calculated that the sector will need at least an increase of $555...

Hon MARYAN STREET ... and carpet. Those tariffs apply on goods that are still made in New Zealand. I refer to a press release from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions at the time when Tim Groser, the Minister of Trade, together with Simon Power, the Minister of Commerce, had announced ...
... Those tariffs apply on goods that are still made in New Zealand. I refer to a press release from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions at the time when Tim Groser, the Minister of Trade, together with Simon Power, the Minister of Commerce, had announced ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... Zealand industries and jobs, especially on our manufacturing industry. I will quote Peter Conway, Secretary of the Council of Trade Unions: “although the level of tariffs provide much less security in respect of local industry and employment than in the past, ...

DARIEN FENTON ... was an independent body established to provide advice to the Government, and it included representatives from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand. The advisory group recommended options for addressing the gaps in, and issues with, the ...
... body established to provide advice to the Government, and it included representatives from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand. The advisory group recommended options for addressing the gaps in, and issues with, the ...

DARIEN FENTON ... alongside Labour, to ensure that this issue will be on the agenda at the next election. I mention them by name: the Council of Trade Unions, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, the National Distribution Union, my own union the Service and Food ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... was raised in a submission on the bill that became the current Act. It was a quite substantial submission from the Council of Trade Unions. It talked about rest breaks being recognised as having a role in ensuring worker productivity. Research undertaken in a ...

DARIEN FENTON ... get Allan Peachey’s Hansard and send it off to all the unions. I am told that that Minister meets regularly with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and I say good on her; I am not criticising her for that. I will send off the Hansard where Allan Peachey says all of ...
...Peachey’s Hansard and send it off to all the unions. I am told that that Minister meets regularly with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and I say good on her; I am not criticising her for that. I will send off the Hansard where Allan Peachey says all of ...

LYNNE PILLAY ... in their collective agreement, then he is quite clearly dreaming. I am looking at the submission from the Council of Trade Unions, and I compliment it on its very measured submission. Like us, the Council of Trade Unions does not fundamentally oppose ...

KRIS FAAFOI ... It pretty much sums up the opinion of members on this side of the Chamber on this bill. Let me move to the Council of Trade Unions’ submission on this bill, the “Employment Relations (Scratch the Workers’ Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill”. ...

RAHUI KATENE ... very straightforward. It requires unions to hold a secret ballot for their members when voting on strike action. The Council of Trade Unions has signalled its support in principle for the bill. Its secretary, Peter Conway, has said that it largely reflects ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... Bill, which requires unions to hold a secret ballot before undertaking strike action. We understand that the Council of Trade Unions has said it would support the bill because that is what is happening in the workplace anyway, but we have also heard ...

Dr JACKIE BLUE ... practice, but it may not be the case in smaller unions. I respect the work of unions and organisations such as the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Their philosophy and driving force is that everyone has the right to decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, ...
... it may not be the case in smaller unions. I respect the work of unions and organisations such as the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Their philosophy and driving force is that everyone has the right to decent and productive work in conditions of freedom,...

STUART NASH ... involved in the review process. Business networks, for example the chambers of commerce, Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and industry associations have acted as a conduit for business input into the review. In fact, 130 individual businesses ...
... in the review process. Business networks, for example the chambers of commerce, Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and industry associations have acted as a conduit for business input into the review. In fact, 130 individual ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... prior to being in Parliament, both as a member of the Small Business Advisory Group and as the secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Just as people do not necessarily believe that Labour is business-friendly—incorrectly, as it transpires—likewise, people ...
... to being in Parliament, both as a member of the Small Business Advisory Group and as the secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Just as people do not necessarily believe that Labour is business-friendly—incorrectly, as it transpires—likewise, ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... particular provision certainly recognised that this was an erosion of workers’ rights. A number of unions and the Council of Trade Unions explained pretty much what I have just said—that holiday pay is earned at a time prior to the injury, which effectively ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... the National Council of Women, the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, the ACC Futures Coalition, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and, perhaps most importantly, the Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Economist Susan St John and accountant Michael ...
... Council of Women, the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, the ACC Futures Coalition, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and, perhaps most importantly, the Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Economist Susan St John and accountant ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... a return to “pay as you go” funding. These 33 organisations and individuals included the ACC Futures Coalition, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Council of Women, the Service and Food Workers Union, the Maritime Union, the Rail and Maritime Transport ...
... “pay as you go” funding. These 33 organisations and individuals included the ACC Futures Coalition, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Council of Women, the Service and Food Workers Union, the Maritime Union, the Rail and Maritime Transport ...

SUE MORONEY ... that Wintec’s very good deputy chairperson, Clint Baddeley, had been appointed to that polytechnic council as a New Zealand Council of Trade Unions representative. That is another area of representation that this bill seeks to take away; it seeks to take away industry ...
...Wintec’s very good deputy chairperson, Clint Baddeley, had been appointed to that polytechnic council as a New Zealand Council of Trade Unions representative. That is another area of representation that this bill seeks to take away; it seeks to take away industry ...

BRENDON BURNS ... some food. I am very pleased that the committee was able to agree, at least in part, with the submission from the Council of Trade Unions. The council has been put in a most unlikely collegial relationship by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, which ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... the interests of the broadcasting industry and of course the Council of Trade Unions. The relationship between the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Institute of Chartered Accountants was so close during part of this bill that we conjectured we might witness the ...
... as has Mr Burns, in reflecting through, very clearly, the interests of the broadcasting industry and of course the Council of Trade Unions. The relationship between the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Institute of Chartered Accountants was so ...
... Council of Trade Unions and the Institute of Chartered Accountants was so close during part of this bill that we conjectured we might witness the formation of a new body—the “CTUCA”; the “Council of Trade Unions and Chartered Accountants.” ...

Hon PAULA BENNETT ... action, we mean that within weeks of the Job Summit we had introduced the Job Support Scheme, with the help of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand. We heard the call from community organisations. They were facing a decrease in funding from non-...
... mean that within weeks of the Job Summit we had introduced the Job Support Scheme, with the help of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand. We heard the call from community organisations. They were facing a decrease in funding from ...

Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... with the earners account and the motor vehicle account. I also want to make it plain that key stakeholders like the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand will have the opportunity for input into that important stocktake process. The stocktake group’s ...
... account and the motor vehicle account. I also want to make it plain that key stakeholders like the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand will have the opportunity for input into that important stocktake process. The stocktake group’s...

DARIEN FENTON ... Labour Government’s investment in the New Zealand Skills Strategy, which was work that was carefully crafted by the Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, and the Industry Training Federation in partnership with the Government. Significant increases in ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... reflect on the part these tax cuts have played in the overall Budget strategy. What strategy? As Peter Conway of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said this morning, this is the “Road to Nowhere Budget”. I would say it is the “Swap One Great Con for Another Con Budget”....
... the part these tax cuts have played in the overall Budget strategy. What strategy? As Peter Conway of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said this morning, this is the “Road to Nowhere Budget”. I would say it is the “Swap One Great Con for Another Con Budget”...

DARIEN FENTON ... the Government is completely up in the air about this strategy. The strategy was carefully worked out between the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, the Industry Training—
... is completely up in the air about this strategy. The strategy was carefully worked out between the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, the Industry Training—

Hon KATE WILKINSON ... and therefore they do not miss out. If we are looking at protections, we can see that we now have one from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. We welcome this. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has come up with a “name and shame” campaign, and we welcome ...
... they do not miss out. If we are looking at protections, we can see that we now have one from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. We welcome this. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has come up with a “name and shame” campaign, and we welcome ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... into something of a lesser cycle network? Surely it cannot be simply the fact that the Prime Minister is phoning the Council of Trade Unions more regularly? Surely it cannot be the fact that we have speeches coming out about philanthropy? No, I do not believe ...

Hon MARYAN STREET ... through a discussion paper with a range of New Zealand business groups and firms and also, importantly, with the Council of Trade Unions. Those consultative stakeholder representations give me the confidence we need in this Parliament to ensure that this ...

SUE BRADFORD ... Relations Amendment Bill. It is an affront to the rights of hundreds of thousands of New Zealand workers. The Council of Trade Unions estimates that around 100,000 workers, at any given moment, are in a position where they will be affected by the impacts ...

Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... problem with that theory is quite simple: Business New Zealand is opposed to ramming this bill through the House. The Council of Trade Unions is opposed to it, Business New Zealand is opposed to it—that is, the trade unions and the employers—but the National ...

SUE BRADFORD ... at will during their first 90 days on the job. At any given moment, around 100,000 workers are in that position. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions says that over 700,000 employees a year will potentially be affected. That means that a big percentage of New Zealand’s ...
... their first 90 days on the job. At any given moment, around 100,000 workers are in that position. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions says that over 700,000 employees a year will potentially be affected. That means that a big percentage of New Zealand’s ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... It has all of the productivity drivers that have been developed in collaboration between Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and the Department of Labour. The document refers to building leadership and management, organising work, networking and ...
... of the productivity drivers that have been developed in collaboration between Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and the Department of Labour. The document refers to building leadership and management, organising work, networking ...

Hon PAUL SWAIN ... A key issue I would like Parliament to become more engaged in is the work being led by Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions on improving workplace productivity. I was involved in this work as the Minister of Labour, and it seems that much of the ...
... I would like Parliament to become more engaged in is the work being led by Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions on improving workplace productivity. I was involved in this work as the Minister of Labour, and it seems that much of ...

Hon TARIANA TURIA ... Campaign Against the Taser lobby group, the Human Rights Foundation, the Peace Foundation, lawyer Marie Dyhrberg, the Council of Trade Unions, and the Howard League, amongst others. That group called for the police to halt the Taser proposals and to concentrate ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... and environment issues”. I think that is a particularly important point, and I acknowledge the contribution of the Council of Trade Unions, other unions, and other organisations in terms of that very important specific issue. The report goes on to say the ...

CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... those members who have worked very sensibly on this bill, and I also thank those outside Parliament—in the Council of Trade Unions and the various unions, in other organisations like Business New Zealand, and in the New Zealand Law Society—for the ...

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... Lynne Pillay. Mr Worth attended the select committee, as did Mr Jones, and we heard evidence by invitation from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, and the New Zealand Law Society. By the agreement of the select committee, submissions were ...
... Mr Worth attended the select committee, as did Mr Jones, and we heard evidence by invitation from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Business New Zealand, and the New Zealand Law Society. By the agreement of the select committee, submissions were ...

KATE WILKINSON ... employers bargaining for the same collective agreement:”. The cooperation that is seen in many fields between the Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand is certainly a model that we can also take lessons from. Those legal services also relate to “a...

Dr RICHARD WORTH ... the Law Society, had made comments about the way the legislation was worded. A very clear submission from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions was also made on this very issue. In the introduction provision the council’s submission deals with one aspect of the bill ...
... Law Society, had made comments about the way the legislation was worded. A very clear submission from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions was also made on this very issue. In the introduction provision the council’s submission deals with one aspect of the ...

CHRIS AUCHINVOLE ... New Zealand, the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and letters from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, all at the same table making harmonious submissions together, it really is head-scratching stuff. Legal practice, of ...
... the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and letters from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, all at the same table making harmonious submissions together, it really is head-scratching stuff. Legal practice, of ...

DAIL JONES ... legislation know that this issue was considered by that select committee. I have here the submission of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It was rejected by that select committee. This is not a new issue. It was considered over about 3 years, and now this ...
... know that this issue was considered by that select committee. I have here the submission of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It was rejected by that select committee. This is not a new issue. It was considered over about 3 years, and now this ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... of this is to introduce an official poverty line so we actually know where we are. We could follow the lead of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and introduce a new minimum wage of $15 an hour. Food could be exempt from GST on the grounds that it hits low-income ...
... to introduce an official poverty line so we actually know where we are. We could follow the lead of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and introduce a new minimum wage of $15 an hour. Food could be exempt from GST on the grounds that it hits low-income ...

Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ...>The funding will be used to implement the Skills Strategy, a partnership between Government, Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Industry Training Federation.

The New Zealand Skills Strategy discussion ...
... be used to implement the Skills Strategy, a partnership between Government, Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Industry Training Federation.

The New Zealand Skills Strategy discussion ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... fuel price increases. We need to adjust income support levels to maintain and improve their relativity with what the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has recommended to be required—a new minimum wage of $15 per hour. If we were to increase benefits by wage movements ...
... increases. We need to adjust income support levels to maintain and improve their relativity with what the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has recommended to be required—a new minimum wage of $15 per hour. If we were to increase benefits by wage movements ...

DARIEN FENTON ... former Ministers of Labour—including the Hon Ruth Dyson, who was a Minister at the time—worked very hard with me, the Council of Trade Unions, and Business New Zealand to find a way to make this bill work, and that is what was proposed to the Transport and ...

CAROL BEAUMONT ... excludes things like household arrangements. I also acknowledge the hard work of organisations like the Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand, which worked with members of the select committee and others to try to find ways of making ...

Hon ANNETTE KING ... the free-trade agreement has come from many, many different quarters. For example, the agreement is supported by the Council of Trade Unions, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, Federated Farmers, Air New Zealand, Fonterra, the Hospitality Standards ...

Dr WAYNE MAPP ... boost the wealth and incomes of Māori people. Even the trade union movement understands that important value. The Council of Trade Unions knows that New Zealand’s wealth is dependent on international trade. So why would one vote against an agreement and ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... the economists removed any question. ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley described the job figures as “very grim”. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions economist Peter Conway said he had heard of employers in Te Waipounamu who are regularly seeing close to 100 hopefuls ...
... removed any question. ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley described the job figures as “very grim”. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions economist Peter Conway said he had heard of employers in Te Waipounamu who are regularly seeing close to 100 hopefuls ...

Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... none of the parties involved in the case wanted as a result. We have an increasing degree of unanimity between the Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand around the stability of employment law in New Zealand, and this bill puts the law back to what ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... and we know that their members are very supportive of this bill. We know that Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions have been consulted and that they both support the amendment. Many of these same members work in food factories that ...

Hon HARRY DUYNHOVEN ... to the needs of employers and employees. For this reason it has the support of both Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It reflects the Labour-led Government’s policy to provide holiday and leave entitlements that are appropriate to ...
... needs of employers and employees. For this reason it has the support of both Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It reflects the Labour-led Government’s policy to provide holiday and leave entitlements that are appropriate to ...

Hon MARK GOSCHE ... have the two major organisations in New Zealand that represent employees and employers, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, both saying that they support this bill. We have National members saying that they will vote for it, but the member Kate ...
... major organisations in New Zealand that represent employees and employers, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, both saying that they support this bill. We have National members saying that they will vote for it, but the member ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... rest and meal breaks are required to be provided at 2-hourly intervals where reasonable and practical. As the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has pointed out, I believe, these changes are long overdue. People have taken it for granted that rest and meal breaks are ...
... and meal breaks are required to be provided at 2-hourly intervals where reasonable and practical. As the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has pointed out, I believe, these changes are long overdue. People have taken it for granted that rest and meal breaks ...

Hon BILL ENGLISH Yesterday in the course of asking questions in the House I made a statement that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions had lodged an application to become a third party that did not include the correct authorisation. That statement is ...
Yesterday in the course of asking questions in the House I made a statement that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions had lodged an application to become a third party that did not include the correct authorisation. That statement is ...

Hon PETE HODGSON ... it. That was it. There was no New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and no collaboration with the social partners, the Council of Trade Unions, or with Business New Zealand. That happened only under this Government; in Australia it is a matter of continuum. Here ...

Rt Hon HELEN CLARK ... workforce. That will be developed through a partnership between the Government, Business New Zealand, and the Council of Trade Unions. There is public concern, which the Government shares, about crime among young people. In fact, the rate of youth ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... from tax cuts. I come back to the issues with KiwiSaver. We are pleased to note that following advocacy from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Distribution Union, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation the minimum employee contribution will be ...
... cuts. I come back to the issues with KiwiSaver. We are pleased to note that following advocacy from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the National Distribution Union, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation the minimum employee contribution will be ...

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... to members of complying superannuation schemes, as well, and that is obviously a commendable move. I note that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions last week issued a statement welcoming, in particular, that change and asserting—I think with a degree of justification—that...
... of complying superannuation schemes, as well, and that is obviously a commendable move. I note that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions last week issued a statement welcoming, in particular, that change and asserting—I think with a degree of justification—th...

CHRIS TREMAIN ... benefits of the KiwiSaver scheme should apply to 16 and 17-year-olds. Both the National Distribution Union and the Council of Trade Unions were most vocal on this particular aspect of the legislation. The Council of Trade Unions, the National Distribution ...

CRAIG FOSS ... legislation and, secondly, to make a more pure and transparent method to homeownership. Further to that, even the Council of Trade Unions did not comment on the mortgage diversion part of it, but it did note how unaffordable New Zealand housing is. It was ...

Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... provisions of clause 237. Members on the select committee listened to submissions—often from unions, particularly the Council of Trade Unions—that argued quite strongly that the 4 percent contribution from employees is a big ask for low-income earners. Middle ...

Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... employees who go into the scheme and employees who do not. There were issues that were not properly resolved. The Council of Trade Unions wanted flexible arrangements for lower-income workers who go into the scheme, where they could make a 2 percent ...

Hon BILL ENGLISH ... an issue if the contribution rates go up at the rate set out in the bill. We had some combined submissions from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand that highlighted both of the issues I mentioned: one being the affordability of the specified ...
... the contribution rates go up at the rate set out in the bill. We had some combined submissions from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand that highlighted both of the issues I mentioned: one being the affordability of the specified ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... tertiary education strategy and the statement of tertiary education priorities; regardless of the submission from the Council of Trade Unions that the bill gives scant recognition to Te Tiriti o Waitangi; regardless of the disappointment of the Association of ...

JOHN HAYES ...ning—or yesterday morning, or the morning before—and he was listening to the radio. He heard the representatives of the Council of Trade Unions and all other manner of organisations opposing this bill. As it happened I thought to myself that I could have woken up ...

LYNNE PILLAY ... this House and acknowledge that there is a celebration going on at the moment in the union movement—20 years of the Council of Trade Unions and 70 years of the Federation of Labour. My gosh, what a pleasure it was to go to that celebration and to meet with the ...

TIM GROSER ... the best of them, negotiating free-trade agreements with China, in spite of and sitting on top of opposition from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It is inconceivable. The Labour Party has made massive shifts, I would argue quite correctly, in response to the ...
... them, negotiating free-trade agreements with China, in spite of and sitting on top of opposition from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. It is inconceivable. The Labour Party has made massive shifts, I would argue quite correctly, in response to the ...

Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... they want on the horticulture and viticulture industries. It is interesting. The Minister is being told that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions needs more resourcing—
... on the horticulture and viticulture industries. It is interesting. The Minister is being told that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions needs more resourcing—

SIMON POWER ... hen lobby, Amnesty International, the Post Primary Teachers Association, the New Zealand Educational Institute, the Council of Trade Unions, and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union all limited, in any one calendar year, in terms of what they can ...

Hon TONY RYALL ... be illegal for any third-party organisation to spend over $60,000. Well, actually, I do not think the lefties in the Council of Trade Unions, the Post Primary Teachers Association, and the New Zealand Educational Institute have worked that out yet. If we look ...

SUE BRADFORD ... with MPs to demand an end to unequal pay for young workers. Along with other groups like students associations, the Council of Trade Unions youth union movement, and Radical Youth, they organised some of the loudest and most colourful rallies and ...

KEITH LOCKE ... Bill of Rights Act—that, in essence, the bill was illegal. Secondly, the entire trade union movement—including the Council of Trade Unions—which historically the Labour Party has some association with, was fully for the bill in its original form, and the ...

KEITH LOCKE ... As I understand it from the media, he is in a relationship with Helen Kelly, the incoming President of the Council of Trade Unions. One might ask where the conflict of interest is there, and it is perhaps not a major one. But, in fact, if the Ministry ...

PANSY WONG ... was held open for 11 months for another Labour favourite, Ross Wilson, to finish his term as the president of the Council of Trade Unions. It just shows that the Labour Government can be extremely flexible when it comes to appointing its people to the ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... forestry, and fishing. Those areas are known as high-risk industries and occupations. I am told that the Council of Trade Unions in its submission on this bill endorsed the merger approach as making practical sense in that it would bring clear focus ...

DARIEN FENTON ... into action prior to the 1993 election. This group, called the Coalition on Accident Compensation, included the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the Disabled Persons Assembly, the Women’s Division Federated Farmers, Grey Power, and other disability and community ...
... prior to the 1993 election. This group, called the Coalition on Accident Compensation, included the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the Disabled Persons Assembly, the Women’s Division Federated Farmers, Grey Power, and other disability and community ...

DARIEN FENTON ... than apply basic principles.” Do members know what is interesting? The National leader, John Key, is meeting with the Council of Trade Unions next week. What will he be saying? He is seeking to be mates with the unions, as well! I think that is just hilarious. ...

DARIEN FENTON ... bill would apply to all workers; it did not try to define just those whom some considered hopeless. The Australian Council of Trade Unions took the unprecedented step of making a submission, based on its experience in Australia. It said that the full court of ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... recognising honorary life membership to a Te Arawa Kaumātua, Kīwhare Mīhaka. Kīwhare has been a union member of the Council of Trade Unions since 1957—that is nearly 50 years of dedicated commitment to Māori and to the life of New Zealand workers. At 4.45 this ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... workers, laundry workers, caretakers, and cleaners—who are contracted in, contracted out, and often contracted off. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions research shows that contracting and casual work often result in a deterioration of health and safety for workers. This ...
... workers, caretakers, and cleaners—who are contracted in, contracted out, and often contracted off. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions research shows that contracting and casual work often result in a deterioration of health and safety for workers. This ...

COLIN KING ... National Party. There are 300,000 businesses involved, and it is a bit of a shame when we hear the president of the Council of Trade Unions talking in glowing terms about innovation, productivity, and suchlike, yet enshrined in this legislation is the ...

SUE BRADFORD ... its national and retail secretaries Laila Harré and Maxine Gay have been running a tireless campaign against it. The Council of Trade Unions opposes the bill. Churches and Christian groups oppose the bill. Unlike my section 59 bill, which divided the Christian ...

STEVE CHADWICK ... country. The group then comprised representation from the Retailers Association, Local Government New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and Tourism New Zealand. The attempts of the Northern Distribution Union to destabilise this initiative were remarkably ...
... The group then comprised representation from the Retailers Association, Local Government New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, and Tourism New Zealand. The attempts of the Northern Distribution Union to destabilise this initiative were remarkably ...

STEVE CHADWICK ... Group, with the New Zealand Retailers Association, the Consumers Institute, Local Government New Zealand, and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Those organisations recommended two options: to remove Easter Sunday trading as a restricted day—that was the majority ...
... the New Zealand Retailers Association, the Consumers Institute, Local Government New Zealand, and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Those organisations recommended two options: to remove Easter Sunday trading as a restricted day—that was the majority ...

Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... with business, and they want to do it in partnership with the Government. I want to respond to the concerns of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions that this review risks diversion from the real challenge. The real challenge is for businesses to invest in research and ...
... and they want to do it in partnership with the Government. I want to respond to the concerns of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions that this review risks diversion from the real challenge. The real challenge is for businesses to invest in research and ...

SUE KEDGLEY ... and unions, including Grey Power, women lawyers associations, Parents Centres, business and professional unions, the Council of Trade Unions, and other unions. I owe a huge debt of gratitude, too, to Ruth Dyson for her work and support in getting the bill ...

LESLEY SOPER ... name some of them: Parents Centres New Zealand, the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Grey Power, the National Council of Women of New Zealand, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and many other unions—do ...
... of them: Parents Centres New Zealand, the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Grey Power, the National Council of Women of New Zealand, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and many other unions—do ...

SUE KEDGLEY ... Grey Power, the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, women lawyers associations, and the Council of Trade Unions all want the right to request that flexible working be extended to all parents with children under 18—rather than to ...

Hon RUTH DYSON ... The Government has taken the opportunity during those 14 months to work with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions in order to explore the issue of workplace flexibility in greater depth. I thank both Business New Zealand and the New ...
... Government has taken the opportunity during those 14 months to work with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions in order to explore the issue of workplace flexibility in greater depth. I thank both Business New Zealand and the New ...

SUE KEDGLEY ... New Zealanders work 1,826 hours a year, compared with an average of 1,778 hours across the OECD. One study the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions referred to in its submission showed that one in five workers in New Zealand works 50 or more hours and, as its working ...
... work 1,826 hours a year, compared with an average of 1,778 hours across the OECD. One study the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions referred to in its submission showed that one in five workers in New Zealand works 50 or more hours and, as its working ...

Hon MARK GOSCHE ... am hoping that all those employer organisations that came along and said that this is the way forward—and so did the Council of Trade Unions; it said that education was a vital part of this—will grab this opportunity and run with it. I think we would probably ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... hours than they want to, in order to keep pace with their own station in life. The Māori Party congratulates the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions on speaking out against this spiralling pattern of stress and burn-out, and on its campaign for work-life balance called ...
... they want to, in order to keep pace with their own station in life. The Māori Party congratulates the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions on speaking out against this spiralling pattern of stress and burn-out, and on its campaign for work-life balance called ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... miserable, by comparison. Productivity and growth are not just about hourly output. I recall the comments of New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Māori vice-president Sharon Clair, who said that productivity need not be a negative perception if the benefits of ...
... by comparison. Productivity and growth are not just about hourly output. I recall the comments of New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Māori vice-president Sharon Clair, who said that productivity need not be a negative perception if the benefits of ...

CRAIG FOSS ... go hand in hand. They are supposed to create savings, but they actually create contradictions. Here is an example: a Council of Trade Unions member on $50,000 decides to invest 4 percent of that money into a new KiwiSaver scheme, and the fund invests in United ...

CHRIS TREMAIN ... The fourth point is the issue of the contribution rates of 2 percent, 4 percent, and 8 percent. Obviously the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions wanted the rates to be as low as possible, but it was just impossible for us to see the impact of a 2 percent payment and ...
... fourth point is the issue of the contribution rates of 2 percent, 4 percent, and 8 percent. Obviously the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions wanted the rates to be as low as possible, but it was just impossible for us to see the impact of a 2 percent payment ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... every cent or get booted out of their homes, we really do have to query where the Government’s priorities lie. The Council of Trade Unions also points out that while house prices have rocketed up over 50 percent in the last few years, wages have sputtered ...

DIANNE YATES ... of people who were consulted in the process. Individual businesses were written to, and meetings took place with the Council of Trade Unions, Local Government New Zealand, the Federation of Māori Authorities, at least 51 companies, the New Zealand universities, ...

Hon BILL ENGLISH ... this tax year. I would like the Minister in the chair, Dr Michael Cullen, to give us a considered opinion on what the Council of Trade Unions had to say about what tax rates he should be setting. In its post-election briefing to the incoming Minister, the ...

Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... one of the problems Mr English always gets himself into is that he cannot read documents properly. Of course, the Council of Trade Unions did not say that the surplus is too large.

Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... income from where they go on to a higher tax rate? If that is the case, why will this Minister not listen even to the Council of Trade Unions? Almost every economist, other than the most left wing, argues there should be some tax easing. Even the Council of ...

Hon BILL ENGLISH ... nine increases in interest rates in the time that he has been the Minister of Finance. They keep going up, and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions membership is starting to feel the pressure of it, so they will be trying to bring pressure to bear on the Minister to do ...
... in interest rates in the time that he has been the Minister of Finance. They keep going up, and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions membership is starting to feel the pressure of it, so they will be trying to bring pressure to bear on the Minister to ...

JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... not take the brave step needed to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour now, as advocated by the Green Party, the Council of Trade Unions, New Zealand First, and also, I believe, the Māori Party during the recent election campaign. Working for Families and ...

SUE BRADFORD ... local sustainability for New Zealand’s economy. Just a couple of weeks ago Rod stood beside me as I spoke to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions biennial conference here in Wellington about our hopes for the next 3 years, and of our ongoing commitment to the ...
... for New Zealand’s economy. Just a couple of weeks ago Rod stood beside me as I spoke to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions biennial conference here in Wellington about our hopes for the next 3 years, and of our ongoing commitment to the ...