Annual Holidays

The New Zealand Experiment 1984-1999 Speech to SID by Paul Goulter, secretary, NZCTU 10 September 2001

Over the last few years we have met a number of visitors from Denmark. While we have been flattered by the interest shown in our small country at the bottom of the world, unfortunately we have to say we are not proud of the story that we have to tell about our recent past.

Speech by Ross Wilson, President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions to the NZUSA Student Debt Summit, Auckland, 23 July 2002.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this very important discussion. I am very happy to present a CTU viewpoint ad I acknowledge the leadership which the NZUSA has shown on this issue.

Changing Gear: delivering the social dividend. 6 December 2001

I have been asked to address the conference "for no more than 10 minutes" on the key question of how to obtain buy-in across the wider community to growth strategies that could deliver benefits to all New Zealanders.

Speech to CTU Biennial Conference October 2001 Ross Wilson President

Welcome to Conference. It is hugely encouraging to see so many of you here.

This is your conference, and another chance for you to influence the direction and growth of our movement.

Speech by Ross Wilson, president, NZCTU, to Massey University seminar 19 September 2001

The Employment Relations Act has now been in force for almost a year and, although there have, and will continue to be, issues and teething problems, there has been nothing like the industrial relations catastrophe which some politicians and employer spokespeople predicted.

From the CTU policy book, produced November 2000.

1. THE RIGHT TO WORK AND A LIVING INCOME

1.1 General
1.1.1 The NZCTU defends the right to work of all New Zealanders irrespective of age, sex, religion, political belief, race, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or disability.