The Council of Trade Unions says the small percentage of workers on collective bargaining agreements is a poor reflection on the country’s labour record.

Source: Too few NZ workers on collective agreements – CTU | Radio New Zealand News

WorkSafe will be conducting checks on the NZ Post headquarters after the union raised concerns about workers being exposed to asbestos.

Source: Union raises NZ Post asbestos concerns | Stuff.co.nz

But the real paradox is that notwithstanding the decline in union membership in Australia, the resources available to trade unions have actually increased and there is little evidence to indicate waning influence.

Source: Union political influence strong even as membership plunges | The Australian

Thousands of trade unionists today converged on Westminster to lobby their MPs to vote against the Trade Union Bill.

The TUC says the Bill, which is also opposed by Amnesty International, Liberty and the British Institute of Human Rights, is an attack on unions ability to organise in the workplace and a threat to UK workers’ right to strike.

If passed, it will allow employers to bus in agency workers to break strikes, force councils, health trusts and other public bodies to break agreements with unions over the collection of union subscriptions, create a powerful Certification Officer with legal powers to raid union offices even when there has been no complaint, restrict the way some unions collect money for the Labour Party, introduce new restrictions on picketing and protests during a strike, including forcing strike leaders to wear armbands to identify themselves and making unions having to tell police and employers what they might post on social media two weeks in advance.

Source: USI – Union Solidarity International | Thousands of trade unionists head to Westminster to lobby MPs

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