The Quarterly Employment Survey data released at the same time as the labour cost index data shows that the pay gap between men and women has grown by 28 cents per hour in the last year.  Men are paid an average of $28.66 per hour and women earn $24.91 per [...]

CTU Media Release 24 April 2012 An  international trade union conference on maternity protection has adopted the extension of paid parental leave to 26 weeks as a priority for the Asia/Pacific/Middle East region. Participants at the International Trade Union Confederation and International Labour Conference held last week in Singapore also [...]

CTU Women’s Council Press Release 5 April 2012 Members Bill to extend Paid Parental Leave welcomed CTU Women’s Council Co-convenor Suzanne McNabb welcomes the Members Bill to extend paid parental leave to six months and congratulates Labour’s Sue Moroney on having it pulled from the Ballot today. Suzanne McNabb says [...]

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Women’s Council Media Release 8 March 2012 A “12 by 12” campaign has been launched by international trade unions, domestic workers’ groups and global community organisations for the ratification of an international convention passed in 2011 to establish decent working conditions for domestic workers.  [...]

March 2012 Welcome to the TEU National Women’s Committee, Te Kahurangi Māreikura (NWC) Newsletter This newsletter: provides information to people who are thinking of applying for flexible working arrangements (or have had requests for flexible working arrangements turned down); provides a background to the NWC; introduces TEU’s women members to the members of the [...]

As part of its on-going campaign for Pay and Employment Equity TEU is supporting the CTU’s petition to encourage workers to invite Department of Labour inspectors into their workplaces to check the time and wage records of their employers for any discrimination. CTU President, Helen Kelly said “The Ministers of [...]

5 October 2011: World Teachers’ Day – “Teachers for Gender Equality” The last century has seen a transformation in women’s legal rights, with countries around the globe expanding the scope of women’s legal entitlements. Some of these legal entitlements, such as women’s right to equal pay for work of equal [...]

The 2012 World Bank World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development, released today, observes that while over half a billion women have joined the global labour market in the last 30 years, “gender gaps in earnings remain stubbornly unchanged in much of the world.”  This is one of four [...]

Women at several TEU branches will be celebrating the 118th anniversary of women’s suffrage next Monday. TEU women at both Victoria University and Lincoln University are hosting Suffrage Day breakfasts, while Waiariki polytechnic women have organised a series of events during the day with a strong focus on encouraging women [...]

Statistics released last week show that average hourly earnings for people working in education and training have risen 32 cents to $31.05 in the last year. That rise of 1 percent is well less than inflation for the same period of 5.3 percent. Indeed, total average hourly earnings for people [...]