Speeches

Helen Kelly Speech To Labour Party Conference 2007

Speech of CTU President, Helen Kelly to NZ Labour Party Annual Conference 2007
Saturday November 3, 2007.

Sharon Clair Speech Unions, Sustainability and Democracy

Speech to CTU Biennial Conference
Unions, Sustainability and Democracy
15th October 2007

Sharon Clair
Maori Vice President
CTU Te Kauae Kaimahi

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Carol Beaumont - Unions, Sustainability and Democracy

Carol Beaumont, CTU secretary, speech to CTU 2007 biennial conference
October 15 2007.
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Unions, Sustainability and Democracy – Te Ara Taumata

Ross Wilson to NZEI conference, Sept 2007

CTU president Ross Wilson
Speech notes for NZEI Conference
26th September 2007

Speech: Sharon Clair at Parihaka, Jan 2007

Speech: "Working with Politicians" - Ross Wilson, 16 November 2006

I have been looking forward to coming and celebrating the tremendous victory in the Progressive Enterprise dispute. I‘m sorry that I couldn’t have been here last night to toast that victory and the milestone of your 20th anniversary as a union.

Ross Wilson speech to PSA congress, Nov 2006

PSA Congress
Wellington 15 November 2006

Ross Wilson
President
N Z Council of Trade Unions

Speech of Carol Beaumont to Founding Congress of ITUC, Vienna, November 2006

Speech of Carol Beaumont, Secretary NZCTU to Founding Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Vienna, November 2006.

Sisters and Brothers,

Greetings on behalf the NZ Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi – the voice of the workers.  We welcome the formation of the ITUC which will bring increased unity and strength that will work for working people and their families if we truly use this opportunity to build global solidarity – not just in words but in deeds.