Thousands more workers joining their union
Monday, 17 October 2005, 8:34 am
Press Release: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Thousands more workers joining their union
“Over 12,000
more workers have recognised the importance of joining
together in unions,” said Carol Beaumont, Secretary of the
Council of Trade Unions.
The latest figures from the
Industrial Relations Centre at Victoria University of
Wellington, released today, show an increase of 12,427 more
union members (up 3.4% from 2003) and that since 1999 NZ
unions have grown in membership by 17% - an increase of
51,643 members.
“This is great news on the eve of the CTU
Biennial Conference” said Carol Beaumont, CTU Secretary.
“Our conference theme is Unions 2010 – and these figures
show the union movement has a good platform to build
on.”
“Workers will be building on successes like the 5% in
05 campaign as we continue to challenge low pay in NZ,” said
Carol Beaumont.
“The NZ union movement has a wide agenda
and we will continue to promote economic and social
development that creates quality work for all New
Zealanders, a real say for workers at all levels of society
and public services that are high quality and accessible,”
said Carol Beaumont.
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