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Parties seek big boost in health funding
Opposition parties reveal what they want to see in the health budget on Thursday.
Opposition parties reveal what they want to see in the health budget on Thursday.
COMMENT: New trade agreements should not be modelled on the TPP, writes Bill Rosenberg.
It's not that unusual to be Green, the party says in its election-year publicity drive.
Workers and union worried over EAP newsletter's wording.
How do Prime Minister Bill English's comments about drug tests stack up with official data?
Kiwi women and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions have joined together to create a campaign calling on the government for equal pay.
Critics have slammed the Ministry of Social Development for rejecting a clause to establish special family violence leave saying they were "disappointed" and "saddened" by the decision.
COMMENT: NZ could be first country in the world to pay people fairly for the work they do regardless of their sex.
Helen Kelly has been farewelled by friends and the workers she fought for.
The Union was the essential element and the core that held everything together, and protected our interests. There was a mental
Helen Kelly, the trade unionist who died yesterday after a brave and public battle with cancer, never shirked a fight. She campaigned
Tributes are pouring in for the former head of the Council of Trade Unions who died this morning after a battle with lung cancer.
Former union chief lived a rich and valued life characterised by a determination to fight for her beliefs.
Bay of Plenty employers have collectively paid out more than $548,400 over the past four years for causing serious harm to their workers
Kiwis are unaware they're owed billions in back pay - and $1m a day is being written off, writes Sam Huggard.
Rob Campbell, once one of the sharpest young minds in the trade union movement, has kept a lower profile since his thinking changed radically in the 1980s.
Tributes have poured in for a worker who was killed in a bitumen explosion in rural Waikato yesterday.
Kiwis needed to be aware, she said, of attempts to belittle and deride those who dare speak out against official wisdom.
Will the TPP prevent the Government from banning sales of houses or land to foreigners?
Up to 300,000 working New Zealanders won't have access to one of the most effective ways they can keep themselves and their mates safe at work, writes Helen Kelly.
Workers’ advocate says strategy needed to take NZ beyond reliance on core industries with job initiatives to help lift remote areas.
The drain on ACC will continue as long as Talley's continues to insist its' health and safety scheme is working, writes Dita De Boni.
Fashion retail chain Cotton On has backed down on a plan to have employees individually negotiate a tea and lunch break.
High street fashion chain Cotton On has become the first company to attempt to invoke the Government's 'tea break' law, First Union claims.
Unions have rejected a call from Finance Minister Bill English for further restraint in wage increases because of the low-inflation environment.
A union has attacked "antipathy" against forestry workers and their representatives, as a safety review pins the blame for the industry's high fatality rate on everyone involved.
Machines which fell trees under remote control by operators standing at safe distances are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests.
The Labour and Green party coffers will receive a $120,000 boost for the election from unions that are also hoping to mobilise thousands of members to push for a change of Government.