The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU or CTU; mi, Te Kauae Kaimahi) is a
national trade union centre
A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...
in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. The NZCTU represents 360,000 workers, and is the largest democratic organisation in New Zealand.
History
It was formed in 1987 by the merger of the New Zealand Federation of Labour (NZFL or FOL) and the Combined State Unions (CSU).
The NZCTU is closely associated with the
Labour Party. While there is no formal link between the two, some unions are formally affiliated to the Labour Party, and the President of the NZCTU speaks at the party's annual conference.
The NZCTU is affiliated with the
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation.
History
The federation w ...
.
Presidents
![Richard Wagstaff NZCTU president](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Richard_Wagstaff_NZCTU_president.jpg)
*2015–Present:
Richard Wagstaff, former
PSA national secretary
*2007–2015:
Helen Kelly, former
TEU national secretary
*1999–2007:
Ross Wilson
*1987–1999:
Ken Douglas
Kenneth George Douglas (15 November 1935 – 14 September 2022) was a New Zealand trade union leader.
Early life
Douglas was born in Wellington in 1935. His parents were Marjorie "Maj" Alice ( Farrow) and John Atholwood "Atty" Douglas. He wa ...
, ONZ
''New Zealand Federation of Labour''
*1979–1987:
Jim Knox, ONZ
*1963–1979:
Sir Tom Skinner, KBE
*1953–1963:
Fintan Patrick Walsh
Fintan Patrick Walsh (13 August 1894 – 16 May 1963) was a notable New Zealand seaman, trade unionist and farmer. He was born in Patutahi, Poverty Bay, on the East Coast of New Zealand in 1894, and died in Wellington in 1963.
He was a fo ...
Secretaries
![Melissa Ansell-Bridges, NZCTU Secretary 2019-](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Melissa_Ansell-Bridges%2C_NZCTU_Secretary_2019-.jpg)
*2019–Present: Melissa Ansell-Bridges, former Equity Director
*2015–2019: Sam Huggard, former
NDU and
FIRST Union
First Union Corporation was a bank holding company that provided commercial and retail banking services in eleven states in the eastern U.S. First Union also provided various other financial services, including mortgage banking, credit card, inv ...
campaigns officer
*2008–2015:
Peter Conway
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
, former NZCTU economist
*1999–2007:
Paul Goulter
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
, former general secretary of the financial sector union Finsec
*1987–1999:
Angela Foulkes
Angela June Foulkes (born 1948) is a trade unionist and government official in New Zealand.
Biography
Foulkes was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand in 1973. She worked for ANZ Bank from 1973 to 1988, where she was a member of the ne ...
, ONZM
Affiliated unions
Formerly Affiliated unions
References
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External links
NZCTUofficial site.
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International Trade Union Confederation
Trade unions in New Zealand
National federations of trade unions
Trade unions established in 1987
1987 establishments in New Zealand