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The Council of Trade Unions is calling on the incoming Government to re-jig their tax cut proposals to provide a more balanced package.

In The Unionist this week: the Fairness at Work campaign to continue, redundancy pay, fairer Australian work laws, and a book giveaway!

The Council of Trade Unions’ Fairness at Work political campaign would continue, a national meeting of the union movement in Wellington has decided today.

“Unions will continue the ‘Fairness at Work’ campaign’s focus of protecting work rights, strengthening public services, and setting out a plan to lift wages,” CTU president Helen Kelly said.

"The new government should keep alive a proposal on guaranteed redundancy payments for workers," Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly said today.

"Go Bus should immediately end its lockout and come back to the negotiating table,” Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly said.

The Council of Trade Unions today criticised Go Bus for its lockout of 50 Hamilton bus drivers.

In The Unionist this week: locked out workers, financial crisis, Skinny Santa and a visiting Pay and Employment Equity expert from Scotland.

The Council of Trade Unions is backing the campaign by members of the National Distribution Union for fair wages from Farmers Trading Company, following a ‘Skinny Santa’ parade in Auckland today by the workers.

In The Unionist this week: Your vote counts - who will you give it to?

The Council of Trade Unions says today that investment in jobs and skills will be vital as we see unemployment on the rise.

Figures released today showed that unemployment is now at 4.2 percent with 6,000 more unemployed than 3 months ago.

The Council of Trade Unions has six questions it believes John Key should be asked in the TVNZ Leaders’ Debate tonight given the focus on jobs and the economy.

Helen Kelly, CTU President, says that there are vital issues affecting workers that are at stake in this election and these questions highlight their concerns.