Good Work Ideas
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Zanian Steele • 07 October
Economic Democracy:
Good work looks like economic democracy via worker-owned cooperatives and self-managing teams. In practice, at a low level this...
Tim Test • 10 September
I think I should be replaced by a computer, but I should be paid for that computers labour.
Monique behan-kitto • 14 August
I work in the home support part of the aged care sector. Good work to me would be a physical...
Maria Noering • 13 August
Good Work:
Management and supervisors should need to do training in how to involve employees (team approach rather than top-down model),...
mary tohill • 13 August
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the call, its good to hear the ideas of others in these uncertain...
Jim Arrowsmith • 13 August
not an idea as such as we basically know what needs to be done but just thanks for this, a...
dain birch • 13 August
An interesting topic .I have colleagues in the same organisation who feel valued and others who don’t .
My question...
Tristan Bruce • 13 August
union and employer relations still stressed, any concepts on how to improve these relationships?
What kind of campaigns can we...
Catherine Bartlett • 13 August
Health and Safety- legislation needs to be robust, be responsive and have teeth.
Need a multi parliamentary party accord for...
Andrew Fraser • 13 August
Good work needs to support not only workers, but our community, pay and conditions in our work places should allow...
Bruce Dyer • 13 August
value in CTU encouraging the democratising of work places
worker cooperatives are a well established example in this regard
Farmlands are a...
Ben Fulton • 13 August
That the CTU include in their vision of good work an aim to democratise work in both the public and...
Kylie Meredith • 13 August
Leaders in New Zealand need to coached in professional engagement starting with eithical and moral behaviour whats acceptable and what...
John Eaton • 13 August
For me, all NZCTU affiliated unions should be given a top-down order to (in collective agreements) not settle for anything...
Paul Taillon • 13 August
Good work in the early 21st century must contend with the potential and threat of AI.
Paul Taillon • 13 August
Good work must be defined broadly, both waged and unwaged, "productive" labour and "reproductive labour."
Good work must also be meaningful,...
Bex Howells • 13 August
Paid training in healthcare, education, social work, and mental health. Unpaid training is unsustainable and exploitative. Male-dominated professions are paid...
Andrew Fraser • 13 August
Creating a workplace where workers are valued, corporate workplaces are patriarchal, oppressive and stressful, there is no ability to have...
Richard Falkner • Porirua • 08 July
My workplace has led me to understand workers' (and voters) frustration with bureaucratic middle management, giving opportunity to the current...
Nat Jump • Porirua • 02 July
Paid placements and training - unpaid placements in social care professions is a barrier to people with limited means being...
Turanga Rongo • Zoom 1 • 24 June
A more secure super for all workers, ground worker participation on matters that effect change in their work, better pay...
Bill Rosenberg • Zoom 1 • 24 June
Healthy and safe workplaces in which workers and their representatives are empowered to actively participate in their workplace's decisions that...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Standards of behaviour for workers do not apply to their managers - there is rarely accountability for managers who bully...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
How can workplaces be structured differently so team leaders/middle managers aren't caught between advocating for their staff and poor decision...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Strong focus needed on building relationships in the workplace; senior leadership mindset shift needed to view frontline workers as whole...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
How can we strengthen protections for delegates to enable them time to do delegate work (more full time delegates, backfill...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Work should not be something we have to do to survive - there should be a universal basic income so...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Career pathways need to begin in schools; there should be more trades training and more ability for students to connect...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Make living wage a minimum bargaining standard across all sectors
Evelyn Maxwell-Garner • North Shore • 12 June
Making it easier to unionise, increasing education among the general working population of what the unions are snd what unions...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
It is difficult for so many workplaces to unionize - example shared about supermarket manager berating a member for being...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
There is no pride and dignity in work or particular industries anymore so some people are choosing not to work...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
Bring back fair pay agreements and shift the conversation away from current pay systems to being based on actual labour...
Evelyn Maxwell-Garner • North Shore • 12 June
Ensuring workplaces are well staffed, so that bosses cant get away with forcing an underpaid skeleton crew to to do...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Career frameworks and pathways to improve retention and make work more attractive - anecdotal experiences shared about nursing students often...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Review of job sizing methods and moving away from "strategic pay" models and KornFerry - move towards Kia Toipoto and...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
RSLG (Regional S? Leadership Groups) were established under the last government which allowed communities to identify gaps in the workforce...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Strengthening the right to strike and hold stop work meetings so worker voices are heard directly at all times rather...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Worksafe should not just be a watchdog or investigative organisation - there should be more direct support and interventions allowed...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
More education in schools around financial literacy, political literacy, and an understand of workers rights - we leave these ideas...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
The labour union movement must move away from existing service models of union organizing to member led, grass roots unionism...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Government organisations and NGOs should receive sufficient, guaranteed budgets that cannot be interfered with by the Parliament of the day...
Sam Burnside-Woods • West Auckland • 10 June
Higher minimum wages
Stronger controls on available hours
More labour inspectors to ensure legal requirements are being met.
No more AEWV to undercut...
Filter by event location:
Zanian Steele • 07 October
Economic Democracy:
Good work looks like economic democracy via worker-owned cooperatives and self-managing teams. In practice, at a low level this...
Tim Test • 10 September
I think I should be replaced by a computer, but I should be paid for that computers labour.
Monique behan-kitto • 14 August
I work in the home support part of the aged care sector. Good work to me would be a physical...
Maria Noering • 13 August
Good Work:
Management and supervisors should need to do training in how to involve employees (team approach rather than top-down model),...
mary tohill • 13 August
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the call, its good to hear the ideas of others in these uncertain...
Jim Arrowsmith • 13 August
not an idea as such as we basically know what needs to be done but just thanks for this, a...
dain birch • 13 August
An interesting topic .I have colleagues in the same organisation who feel valued and others who don’t .
My question...
Tristan Bruce • 13 August
union and employer relations still stressed, any concepts on how to improve these relationships?
What kind of campaigns can we...
Catherine Bartlett • 13 August
Health and Safety- legislation needs to be robust, be responsive and have teeth.
Need a multi parliamentary party accord for...
Andrew Fraser • 13 August
Good work needs to support not only workers, but our community, pay and conditions in our work places should allow...
Bruce Dyer • 13 August
value in CTU encouraging the democratising of work places
worker cooperatives are a well established example in this regard
Farmlands are a...
Ben Fulton • 13 August
That the CTU include in their vision of good work an aim to democratise work in both the public and...
Kylie Meredith • 13 August
Leaders in New Zealand need to coached in professional engagement starting with eithical and moral behaviour whats acceptable and what...
John Eaton • 13 August
For me, all NZCTU affiliated unions should be given a top-down order to (in collective agreements) not settle for anything...
Paul Taillon • 13 August
Good work in the early 21st century must contend with the potential and threat of AI.
Paul Taillon • 13 August
Good work must be defined broadly, both waged and unwaged, "productive" labour and "reproductive labour."
Good work must also be meaningful,...
Bex Howells • 13 August
Paid training in healthcare, education, social work, and mental health. Unpaid training is unsustainable and exploitative. Male-dominated professions are paid...
Andrew Fraser • 13 August
Creating a workplace where workers are valued, corporate workplaces are patriarchal, oppressive and stressful, there is no ability to have...
Richard Falkner • Porirua • 08 July
My workplace has led me to understand workers' (and voters) frustration with bureaucratic middle management, giving opportunity to the current...
Nat Jump • Porirua • 02 July
Paid placements and training - unpaid placements in social care professions is a barrier to people with limited means being...
Turanga Rongo • Zoom 1 • 24 June
A more secure super for all workers, ground worker participation on matters that effect change in their work, better pay...
Bill Rosenberg • Zoom 1 • 24 June
Healthy and safe workplaces in which workers and their representatives are empowered to actively participate in their workplace's decisions that...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Standards of behaviour for workers do not apply to their managers - there is rarely accountability for managers who bully...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
How can workplaces be structured differently so team leaders/middle managers aren't caught between advocating for their staff and poor decision...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Strong focus needed on building relationships in the workplace; senior leadership mindset shift needed to view frontline workers as whole...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
How can we strengthen protections for delegates to enable them time to do delegate work (more full time delegates, backfill...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Work should not be something we have to do to survive - there should be a universal basic income so...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Career pathways need to begin in schools; there should be more trades training and more ability for students to connect...
Tatiana Daniels • South Auckland • 13 June
Make living wage a minimum bargaining standard across all sectors
Evelyn Maxwell-Garner • North Shore • 12 June
Making it easier to unionise, increasing education among the general working population of what the unions are snd what unions...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
It is difficult for so many workplaces to unionize - example shared about supermarket manager berating a member for being...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
There is no pride and dignity in work or particular industries anymore so some people are choosing not to work...
Tatiana Daniels • North Shore • 12 June
Bring back fair pay agreements and shift the conversation away from current pay systems to being based on actual labour...
Evelyn Maxwell-Garner • North Shore • 12 June
Ensuring workplaces are well staffed, so that bosses cant get away with forcing an underpaid skeleton crew to to do...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Career frameworks and pathways to improve retention and make work more attractive - anecdotal experiences shared about nursing students often...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Review of job sizing methods and moving away from "strategic pay" models and KornFerry - move towards Kia Toipoto and...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
RSLG (Regional S? Leadership Groups) were established under the last government which allowed communities to identify gaps in the workforce...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Strengthening the right to strike and hold stop work meetings so worker voices are heard directly at all times rather...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Worksafe should not just be a watchdog or investigative organisation - there should be more direct support and interventions allowed...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
More education in schools around financial literacy, political literacy, and an understand of workers rights - we leave these ideas...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
The labour union movement must move away from existing service models of union organizing to member led, grass roots unionism...
Tatiana Daniels • Auckland Central • 11 June
Government organisations and NGOs should receive sufficient, guaranteed budgets that cannot be interfered with by the Parliament of the day...
Sam Burnside-Woods • West Auckland • 10 June
Higher minimum wages
Stronger controls on available hours
More labour inspectors to ensure legal requirements are being met.
No more AEWV to undercut...